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Whatâs Wrong With Throwing Out People Who Incite Violence?
Dr. Mohammed T. Al-Rasheed, comments@d-corner.com So Tony Blair is a Nazi. Or worse, he is a petty dictator who wants to scrap all the liberties and laws the Brits have accrued over the centuries. Why is the man who just won a national election being called such names? Well, he simply said, âenough is enough.â It is high time he said it and acted on it. If I were Blair I would stop apologizing and get on with it and promise more of the same. The United Kingdom is under attack. It is not Iraq, nor is it Serbia that brought this on the Old Country. Rather, it is some stupid laws that went unchecked and unchallenged for years that allowed the demented of this earth to carry the British passport. He wants to throw out people who incite others to be violent against their fellow-citizens. Others would have chopped off their heads. He wants to stop a convicted felon from becoming a citizen after serving term in British jails. Others would have shown the man the door after they released him from prison. What exactly is a British citizenship? Is it a piece of paper with the lion and the unicorn on it? Is it simply the boundary of officialdom with the right signature, or is it a collective sum of culture, history, and indeed a way of life? How am I, as an outsider, to believe that the infamous cleric with a hook for an arm is British? He doesnât look it, dress it, smell it, nor does he even care to speak Her Majestyâs English. Political refugees are an essential part of human life and history. But refugees of that sort remain exactly that: Refugees until they are able to go home. One look at the Palestinians should make the point. I am not against mixing the races. Indeed, mixing gold and silver makes a better piece of jewelry. But you cannot, should not, and must not overtake the diamond that is the centerpiece of the whole. That goes for every nation. I would not want Arabia to become India and I am sure the Indians do not want their country to become Arabia either. Even America, a nation built by refugees and still takes on most of the worldâs roaming humanity, should look twice at its makeup. If people want to come to America, they should embrace the American way and not the other way around. America should not change its ways and culture to suit every newcomer. The onus is on the newcomer to embrace the standing order. If I become Australian, for example, the first thing I would do is eating kangaroo meat and be proud of it. And I will certainly cheer the Australian soccer team and not the Saudi one. It is a matter of honor and decency if not outright duty and moral imperative. All those in Britain talking about the social and economic factors that may have helped produce those dangerous odd thumbs in society should stop this reductive nonsense. Those people who came to Britain in the first place suffered more than social and economic hardships in their homelands. What did they do? Blow themselves up in public places? No, they packed and paid their savings to be able to come to places like Britain. If they still feel the situation has not changed, why not pack and do the same again? Had these people been true Brits, they would have been aware of the line that Tennyson declared as his nationâs motto: âTis not too late to seek a newer world.â Indeed, it never was! The catch, however, is that this newer world is here on earth. Posted by: Fred 2005-08-11 |
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