Hi Mattew, i read The Times daily for around 30 years, was subscribed but cancelled a year or so ago due to the seeming lies by omission on a noticeable amount, maybe one every week or two on subjects id had an interest in- an article about a subject would miss something relevant that i saw on youtube the night before and id think "if i can see that why cant the person turning in this article" as if they included the piece of info it would give the reader a different impression.
Yourself, Rod Liddle, Daniel Finklestein and Janice Turner were the reasons i held out that long in the later years.
My question is do the people writing the articles really believe that the public do not have any other source, dont "fact check" themselves, and that once they find they have been lied to once basically throw away years of trust?
Of course Britain is a racist country. Targeting and raping white girls on mass is a racist thing to do. Why is it not racist to hate the whites?
I asked this same question to a Zulu man back in SA. He answered, "The white man is the devil; White Devil! His science and engineering is witchcraft. It is not racist to hate the devil. It is wise to hate the devil."
I then asked, " What is the difference between dehumanising a race by seeing them as animals to dehumanising a race by seeing them as devil's?" The Zulu replied, "Because animals are neither good nor bad but the devil is always bad. The only good white is a dead white."
I didn't hear much better racism coming from whites either. However, I thought coming to this country I would escape such juvenile hate. Apparently not! Same sh!t different country.
The Olympics seems full of rubbish sports that really shouldn't be in the summer or winter Olympics. If he had the power what sports would Matthew remove from the Olympics?
Today there was a picture on the BBC website with headline, "Glasgow child sex abuse gang given life sentences". The group picture of the perpetrators seems sadly all too familiar, however the last decade has indicated they're normally of Pakistani men and the abuse is clearly racist and sectarian in it's motivation. Is this image an unintended vindication by the BBC of the "pro-rata" nature of this particular grievous offence?
The left just use the article to say "the far right are all quiet now arent they" in a smug way, when the problem that people have - far right or not - isnt the race of the gangs doing it, its the fact that the race of the gangs has directly led to the crimes being ignored by those in power (police fearful of being called racist) or suspiciously family of those in power (council members related to perps) or politically involved individuals afraid of alienating a voting block.
Hi Francis and Konstantin, please thank Matthew for his brilliant series "Sideways" which I enjoy listening to very much. Could you please ask him how he sees the future of multiculturalism in the UK? Will we ever break down the barriers that sees cultures divided within communities? Or is there a "ghettoization" apparent and and deepening? Great guests on this week (as always), thank you guys; keep spreading reason.
I never read Blackbox thinking, but I know someone who did which means I practically did, surely unfettered free speech is consistent with the ethos of that book? Am thinking about the medical profession having a closed culture peventing any criticism of senitoity and the crackdown on Southport riots denouncing anyone as right wing? Wouldnt it be better to allow people to air their ideas/opinions/prejudices and trust the public to determine whats right/wrong/allowable?
Do you think that the conflation between the multiethnic and the multicultural, and thus the convenance to go straight to accusations of racism, has damaged the ability to create a robust conversation about the challenges of the multicultural society? If yes, is the distinction between multiethnic and multicultural something we can differentiate so that the conversation becomes more constructive?
Hi both, “on a lighter note” could you ask Matthew Syed to start the podcast “Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy” again, the banter was entertaining, enlightening and humorous it brightened up the day, we always looked forward to it.
Religions are like supermarkets. You enter with your re-usable bag for life and choose what to put in your basket. You leave on the shelf the bits you find not to your liking as a person living in the modern world as opposed to the 7th century, or even perhaps centuries earlier. The challenges for todays followers of Islam is that their canon makes specific claims for their book and their prophet that mean for many they feel they have to buy the entire shelf. This, is a problem. For anyone who thinks it is not a problem who hasn't visited Pakistan for example, they themselves have a problem. For anyone who thinks it is not a problem who themselves do not know the statistics, they also have a problem because one can know the facts on an intellectual level without necessarily having experienced a very traditional religious society first hand, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc.,. By the way, before anyone jumps to the conclusion I'm a far right Essex born white-man-van, think again. I live in a shariah law feudal monarchy, and I must say, I quite like it :-)
One reason Prevent didn't act on Axel Rudakubana was because he had no or little links to a particular ideology. Does society focus too much on links to a particular ideology (whether that be islamism or feminism etc.) to decide if someone is "good" or "bad"?
Hi Mattew, i read The Times daily for around 30 years, was subscribed but cancelled a year or so ago due to the seeming lies by omission on a noticeable amount, maybe one every week or two on subjects id had an interest in- an article about a subject would miss something relevant that i saw on youtube the night before and id think "if i can see that why cant the person turning in this article" as if they included the piece of info it would give the reader a different impression.
Yourself, Rod Liddle, Daniel Finklestein and Janice Turner were the reasons i held out that long in the later years.
My question is do the people writing the articles really believe that the public do not have any other source, dont "fact check" themselves, and that once they find they have been lied to once basically throw away years of trust?
Do you believe some countries are better than others at integrating new immigrants? If so, what are those countries and what explains their success?
Of course Britain is a racist country. Targeting and raping white girls on mass is a racist thing to do. Why is it not racist to hate the whites?
I asked this same question to a Zulu man back in SA. He answered, "The white man is the devil; White Devil! His science and engineering is witchcraft. It is not racist to hate the devil. It is wise to hate the devil."
I then asked, " What is the difference between dehumanising a race by seeing them as animals to dehumanising a race by seeing them as devil's?" The Zulu replied, "Because animals are neither good nor bad but the devil is always bad. The only good white is a dead white."
I didn't hear much better racism coming from whites either. However, I thought coming to this country I would escape such juvenile hate. Apparently not! Same sh!t different country.
If you were number one in The UK at table tennis, then you must have played and met with the chinese.
What's your assessment of the chinese?
The Olympics seems full of rubbish sports that really shouldn't be in the summer or winter Olympics. If he had the power what sports would Matthew remove from the Olympics?
Today there was a picture on the BBC website with headline, "Glasgow child sex abuse gang given life sentences". The group picture of the perpetrators seems sadly all too familiar, however the last decade has indicated they're normally of Pakistani men and the abuse is clearly racist and sectarian in it's motivation. Is this image an unintended vindication by the BBC of the "pro-rata" nature of this particular grievous offence?
The left just use the article to say "the far right are all quiet now arent they" in a smug way, when the problem that people have - far right or not - isnt the race of the gangs doing it, its the fact that the race of the gangs has directly led to the crimes being ignored by those in power (police fearful of being called racist) or suspiciously family of those in power (council members related to perps) or politically involved individuals afraid of alienating a voting block.
Nonces are nonces and all deserve the same fate.
Hi Francis and Konstantin, please thank Matthew for his brilliant series "Sideways" which I enjoy listening to very much. Could you please ask him how he sees the future of multiculturalism in the UK? Will we ever break down the barriers that sees cultures divided within communities? Or is there a "ghettoization" apparent and and deepening? Great guests on this week (as always), thank you guys; keep spreading reason.
I never read Blackbox thinking, but I know someone who did which means I practically did, surely unfettered free speech is consistent with the ethos of that book? Am thinking about the medical profession having a closed culture peventing any criticism of senitoity and the crackdown on Southport riots denouncing anyone as right wing? Wouldnt it be better to allow people to air their ideas/opinions/prejudices and trust the public to determine whats right/wrong/allowable?
Do you think that the conflation between the multiethnic and the multicultural, and thus the convenance to go straight to accusations of racism, has damaged the ability to create a robust conversation about the challenges of the multicultural society? If yes, is the distinction between multiethnic and multicultural something we can differentiate so that the conversation becomes more constructive?
Hi both, “on a lighter note” could you ask Matthew Syed to start the podcast “Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy” again, the banter was entertaining, enlightening and humorous it brightened up the day, we always looked forward to it.
Simon Cardiff
Religions are like supermarkets. You enter with your re-usable bag for life and choose what to put in your basket. You leave on the shelf the bits you find not to your liking as a person living in the modern world as opposed to the 7th century, or even perhaps centuries earlier. The challenges for todays followers of Islam is that their canon makes specific claims for their book and their prophet that mean for many they feel they have to buy the entire shelf. This, is a problem. For anyone who thinks it is not a problem who hasn't visited Pakistan for example, they themselves have a problem. For anyone who thinks it is not a problem who themselves do not know the statistics, they also have a problem because one can know the facts on an intellectual level without necessarily having experienced a very traditional religious society first hand, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc.,. By the way, before anyone jumps to the conclusion I'm a far right Essex born white-man-van, think again. I live in a shariah law feudal monarchy, and I must say, I quite like it :-)
One reason Prevent didn't act on Axel Rudakubana was because he had no or little links to a particular ideology. Does society focus too much on links to a particular ideology (whether that be islamism or feminism etc.) to decide if someone is "good" or "bad"?