Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Finally the illusion of human progress is ended. The current state certainly western culture gives the lie to the dreams of infinite improvement and betterment. Steve Latham For the last few centuries, western societies have warmed themselves with the hope that things are getting better. With the […]
My friend and I used to sit and drink coffee on Edgware Road, to talk about life, and about his passions. What he said made me think about issues of tolerance in western liberal society. Steve Latham His own overriding concern is promoting his faith. For this, he […]
This might sound totally paradoxical and contradictory, for how can a society that is mutually tolerant of multiple cultures, be intolerant? Nigel Pocock Some have argued that such an utopian vision of society could not be achieved without imposition from above. Given that there would no doubt be […]
Taken on its own, the term ‘multicultural society’ has no practical use. It is a non-criticisable and non-falsifiable chameleon that changes its colour with its environment. That is, unless it is made predictable, at least for the purposes of testing. Nigel Pocock We might, for example, wish to […]
While it may not always be the case that deterministic ideologies, and groups committed to such ideologies, are oppressive, many do seem to be. Control and power feature strongly in their practice and in their underlying ideology. Nigel Pocock Coupled to such determinism is eschatology, a vision of […]
