longwayhome -> RE: What’s Gone Wrong With Australian Multiculturalism (4/30/2017 10:52:42 PM)
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ORIGINAL: longwayhome I'm glad you like something that is there largely as a result of people coming in and changing your culture and your way of life. It's just as well that nothing has changed as a result of immigration (or invasion as it really was). So much for unique identity. Indian didn't change our culture. Indian CHANGED the Malay culture. I am Chinese remember? We aren't the native of Singapore. When I live in Singapore, I abide by SINGAPORE'S culture. Not China's Culture. My WHOLE point is, that, you abide by the culture OF the country you go to IF you choose to live there. quote:
Just wondering what your issue is with Filipinos? They make some interesting curries and some interesting smells when cooking outside. l always loved it, except the way they diced a chicken, bones and all. To my knowledge Filipinos traditional food has no curry. Filipino food isn't about being spicy. And I grew up with more than 10 different Filipinos maids, so I was practically brought up by Filipinos. They were my replacement mom. And if you don't know what Filipinos maid do here, they take over mom duties from the moment we leave our mom's womb, live with us 24/7 and take us to school, take us home, make all our meals, help us with our homework(many of them speak perfect English and have Bachelor Degrees, but their home country at that time paid a doctor lower than a maid in Singapore), basically, DO EVERYTHING a stay at home mom does, so that the "actual mom" can focus on her career and doesn't even have to ever come home and have any physical contact with her kid. I have no issue with Filipinos as a whole, they loved me and treated me as their own child, only the ones that come here to work and want to CHANGE OUR CULTURE, THEY complain about the Indians making curries in their homes. quote:
So tell me - how long do people have to live in a country before it is belongs to them and they belong to it? Actually when I look at who the country belongs to. It would be it's first inhabitants. But many "first inhabitants" got "conquered" and their country got taken over. So too bad for them, then the "conquerers" who is the dominant RACE will dictate the culture until someone else take them over again. quote:
You seem quite comfortable with the Chinese and Indians in Singapore but you have a problem with the Muslims in Persia. Care to hazard a guess at how long ago Persia became Muslim? As I explain to you in another Thread. Indians in Singapore are seldom Muslims. They are mostly Christians or Hindu or Sikh. So I have no problems with Non-Muslims. If a Chinese dude was a Muslim. I will condemn him. And by the way, the "this curry meaning ANY KIND OF sauce" is sooo bullshit. So you mean Indians call their "Cucumber Yogurt Sauce" and their "Mint Sauce" Curry too? Oh please! I'm going to have to try not to respond to these sort of posts when you make them Greta, because it just starts to look as if I am picking on you, when in fact I just disagree with you. Let's just say that there are a number of factual inaccuracies in what you have just said, such as the etymology of the word curry and Filipino cuisine. Please just use Google if you doubt what I say. I have just done the same to check that the information is there. "Wikipedia" and "curry" are the only two words you need as search terms. Needless to say my knowledge of Filipino and Singaporean cuisine doesn't come from Google. You might have guessed that from my post. I'm very glad for you that you had Filipino servants and that you liked the obedient ones - well the ones that don't complain about the smell of curry anyway. You have frequently and strongly made points about Singaporean culture. Singapore is certainly a multicultural society with a number of languages, religions and races. I'm very well aware of the racial and ethnic mix of your country. You make many points about people abiding by Singapore's culture but you like to pick and choose which cultures you like, and are very vocal about the ones you don't. Around 15% of your population is Muslim. (I know that this figure changes depending on whether you are talking about nationals and residents, but let's just say that it is a significant minority.) These people are not recent immigrants. Malay Muslims are now a smaller part of your society as a result of immigration but before Western intervention they formed the majority of the inhabitants of the island. So Muslims and Islam have been woven into the culture of Singapore since its inception. Muslim culture has a far longer history where you live than it does in Europe. Yet you hate Muslims with a passion despite "defending" Singaporean culture. So you are part of a culture that has moved into the territory occupied by a different culture, and now you out-number the original inhabitants. The terrible and sad irony is that you have such a jaundiced view of immigration changing indigenous culture, despite coming from an immigrant group who did just that. Seen in the context of your own country's history and demography, your prejudice against Muslims, coupled with your very conditional acceptance of the other races/cultures which inhabit your country, looks quite dark and sinister.
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