tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post889086180645242872..comments2024-03-26T22:57:21.033+00:00Comments on Random Views: Eastern food in a Western dishDavid Beesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-16689565584675892132011-08-25T06:59:37.897+01:002011-08-25T06:59:37.897+01:00I was listening to a piece about hate crime yester...I was listening to a piece about hate crime yesterday - crime based just on difference - and I think this anti-multiculturalism belongs to the same general category: 'I don't like it because it's unfamiliar or simply different from me'David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-68959987454778855902011-08-14T15:34:30.982+01:002011-08-14T15:34:30.982+01:00Unfortunately a lot of anti-multiculturism is very...Unfortunately a lot of anti-multiculturism is very detached from fanaticism. Just talking to my students, it becomes extremely apparent how obvious it is to most people that their country is superior, and people from elsewhere are just weird. When that seems to be the dominant opinion, it seems like an easy step to actively start disliking other nationalities (and I'm talking about attitudes to other European countries, let alone towards Muslims or other faiths),Awoogamuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868669228439003143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-60583167785573134242011-07-28T21:16:29.629+01:002011-07-28T21:16:29.629+01:00Hi Pino
Certainly the whole Utoeya business is ex...Hi Pino<br /><br />Certainly the whole Utoeya business is extraordinarily 'beastly' - but I don't really agree with labelling Breivik as just a 'beast' - but I've put that into a new blog post.<br /><br />As for whether he should be executed or not, I'm not sure that the death penalty should be justified on the grounds of economy - and in any case I'm not sure it's that economical - I heard Pat Quinn, the governor of Illinois who recently signed the abolition of the death penalty in his State, and he pointed out that there was nothing cheap about it - though he had a much better reason for abolition than that: it can't be undone, so get it wrong just once, and you've committed a crime that you can't put right. <br /><br />There may be no doubt about Breivik's guilt, but if you allow the death penalty for him, you allow the death penalty. Besides which, I don't like the idea of saying that killing him is a solution to anything - that's the kind of thing he thinks, and I don't think we should descend to his level.<br /><br />In any case, if he were executied, I don't think you'd actually save 11 million euros - after all the prisons would still be there, so would the warders, the infrastructure and all the rest - you'd only really be saving his meals, clothes and healthcare. <br /><br />And 11 million euros divided by 100,000 is 110. Not sure how many kid's lives you could save for that.<br /><br />Still, at least this has triggered a useful debate...David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-48188171782848901972011-07-28T21:16:28.888+01:002011-07-28T21:16:28.888+01:00Hi Pino
Certainly the whole Utoeya business is ex...Hi Pino<br /><br />Certainly the whole Utoeya business is extraordinarily 'beastly' - but I don't really agree with labelling Breivik as just a 'beast' - but I've put that into a new blog post.<br /><br />As for whether he should be executed or not, I'm not sure that the death penalty should be justified on the grounds of economy - and in any case I'm not sure it's that economical - I heard Pat Quinn, the governor of Illinois who recently signed the abolition of the death penalty in his State, and he pointed out that there was nothing cheap about it - though he had a much better reason for abolition than that: it can't be undone, so get it wrong just once, and you've committed a crime that you can't put right. <br /><br />There may be no doubt about Breivik's guilt, but if you allow the death penalty for him, you allow the death penalty. Besides which, I don't like the idea of saying that killing him is a solution to anything - that's the kind of thing he thinks, and I don't think we should descend to his level.<br /><br />In any case, if he were executied, I don't think you'd actually save 11 million euros - after all the prisons would still be there, so would the warders, the infrastructure and all the rest - you'd only really be saving his meals, clothes and healthcare. <br /><br />And 11 million euros divided by 100,000 is 110. Not sure how many kid's lives you could save for that.<br /><br />Still, at least this has triggered a useful debate...David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-44923794172774864152011-07-27T21:30:54.349+01:002011-07-27T21:30:54.349+01:00Caro David,
I grew up with multiculturalism. When ...Caro David,<br />I grew up with multiculturalism. When I was living in Rome, I had a lot of friends of different cultures, Afro-americans, Jewish, Palestinians, Indian, Moroccans, Brazilians, Australians, Swiss, Sicilians (:-) ), and so on.<br />I worked in multinational companies, having the possibility to visit different countries.<br />I always and only had positive experiences, maybe also because I always was/am really interested on those different cultures.<br />But, I repeat, but:<br />MY MULTICULTURALISM ENDS EXACTLY WHERE FANATISMUS BEGIN<br />Look at this BEAST in Norway, WHICH (I can not use WHO) killed all those people.<br />Do you know what will happen?<br />It will be the ANTIHERO STAR !!!<br />It already is a Star !!<br />The entire world knows its name, the face and the writings.<br />I ask you all: does someone know one name, one face, one writing of the killed people??????<br />The Beast is the star. It will get Television, food and wine; continue to write and maybe also an Internet connection.<br />The killed people will never again eat, drink, watching TV, smile, kiss, navigate in the Web.<br />And the life of the parents, sisters, brothers, partners, friends of the killed <br />people will definitively never again be the same as before.<br />But the BEAST can continue to live and to unseemliness laugh.<br />Norway people will pay for that, maybe 30 years long.<br />The jail costs for such a BEAST will be approx. 1'000 Euro per day, which means a total cost of 11'000'000 Euro, <br />ELEVEN MILLIONS EURO !!!!!!! <br />Eleven millions Euro to keep the life of such a Beast !!!!<br />Just think that eleven millions Euro are sufficient to save from the "undernourishment death" <br />100'000 African children, at least.<br />So, I strongly believe that now it is very clear what the society has to do:<br />Simply eliminate the Beast, burn it and throw the ashes in garbage heap.<br />Or does someone “prefer” the death of 100’000 children ?Pinonoreply@blogger.com