I’m quoting a news item about the French President, who argues that you should, if in France, be part of one community, and follow their rules.
I agree. I would say that one law for all, equal rights, and freedom of speech are part of our inheritance (initially from British common law) There are people who disagree and believe there should be separate laws for Maori. There are people who enable them. The experience of Europe seems to be that their policies fail.
“The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women… freedom for little girls to go to school,” he said.”We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him,” Sarkozy said in the TFI channel show.British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia’s ex-prime minister John Howard and Spanish ex-premier Jose Maria Aznar have also recently said multicultural policies have not successfully integrated immigrants.Merkel in October said efforts towards multiculturalism in Germany had “failed, totally.”The comment followed weeks of anguished debate sparked by the huge popularity of a book by a central banker saying that immigrants, in particular Muslims, were making Germany “more stupid.”Britain’s Cameron last week pronounced his country’s long-standing policy of multiculturalism a failure, calling for better integration of young Muslims to combat home-grown extremism.He urged a “more active, muscular liberalism” where equal rights, the rule of law, freedom of speech and democracy are actively promoted to create a stronger national identity.
via Multiculturalism has failed, says French president – Yahoo! News.