Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 17,635
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Re: Muslims more British than rest of population, survey finds
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Originally Posted by searcher of truth
Many black or Asian people living in Britain feel stronger ties to the country than whites do, according to a new government survey.
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That shouldn't come as a surprise. The bond of a Black or an Asian with the country is dependable on the political status or system, whereas for a White the bonds are larger and assumed for granted. Therefore a Black or an Asian has to clinge to it with more strength than a White.
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Is it so amazing, given that those minorities has appropriated for themselves the concept of Britishness?
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Well, they have not 'appropriated' it. They were designed into it, long ago.
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Originally Posted by Plethon
So you wish to say, if I understood you correctly, that a Pakistani or a Nigerian can be British, because "British" is not a nation, but merely a non-ethnic state defined mostly by citizenship, but no Pakistani can ever be an Englishman, because English is ethnicity?
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That would be correct.
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