See what I'm saying? Well that's just what I think...I'm dressed the way I am because it was cold enough here that we had to scrape ice off the window this morningWhat I was meaning was: The style of dress you are wearing right now is diluted from what was deemed acceptable by people preaching "fairy tales" not so long ago, so are you really so different (in that regard) from "ragheads" as everyone here loves to call them?
Sacred? Mutts? Are you high?That's the point... not everyone thinks that they way they dress is acceptable, and not everybody thinks that eating dogs is unacceptable. Who are you to say either way?? Maybe not where you are, but in the mainstream, no one really gets too offended by choice of clothing (as long as there is some).
New Zealand is an immigrant country, our culture is not fixed in stone, it simply has to be amorphous in nature. Sure, but there are dominant trends in NZ culture (excluding far off minorities, but that's everywhere), and thats what makes up culture. Sure it evolves, but if it wasn't part of this countries culture to not tollerate this kind of thing, it would have never made news, and people wouldn't put this much discussion into it, would they?![]()
If we're going to accept a diverse variety of immigrants, it's not unreasonable for us to accept that they will be bringing a diverse range of cultural behaviour with them. Good on them for adding a little colour to this little back waterThe only way you'll stop immigrants from bringing their customs with them is to stop them coming into the country. I think although people talk about being accepting of others cultures in pretty much every country where there are immigrants, the basic standpoint (and fair enough IMO) is "Do what you want, but if you step over the line and offend 'us' you can fuck off to where you came from and continue it there".
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