'How do you address politically correct rubbish like this? How can one sanction Stone Age tribalism over public safety? '

one can easily sanction 'Stone Age tribalism' when you use the holy texts of human secularism which encourages the murder of the unborn, the holy texts of femisism which equals selfishness or the idiotic notion that all cultures rather than all people are equal are endorsed. England is simply reaping the fruit of the rejection of truth which once made them great and we are not far behind.

Lexi - Please read it again note this part "Quote "they will bring.....more peaceful resolution to domestic conflict in the home with their religious upbringing and values." Then my Are you real, that comment of his defied logic.

How could you get from that to what you wrote, now I am sure if we went to the local media in there country of origin we would find the exact same things being committed.

In this instance you have cast your comment too broad or directed it too specifically.

Thank you, SonofGloin and Poirot,

Clearly, we have established that it would be abhorrent to allow anybody in a hospital operating room, Muslim, Callathumpian or whatever - to work in that space without having sterilised their hands and observing all of the other usual protocols applying to surgical operations.

I don't know if it helps but one should be aware that in many backward cultures, people do not believe in germs, viruses, etc., because they rely on ritual, magic, the power of one or other of their gods, magic words, spells, etc. - or actually believe that, if someone is ill, then it must be the result of their prior bad actions, their fate, karma, etc.

So poncy Western practices like 'washing your hands' are actually nothing more than falling for the lies of so-called 'Western science' which we know are nothing more than agents of colonialism, in this warped ad brainless framework. Sorry, Poirot.

But we actually have come a long way from backward beliefs - that's what human ingenuity has achieved. We don't have to believe that 'progress' is nothing, meaningless - we can believe that human beings, human societies, can move knowledge - through bitter experience - ever so slowly - forward. We don't have to wallow in pandering to backward ideologies. In fact, we should oppose them with every ounce of our strength.

Just trying to be helpful :)

Joe

sonofgloin,

Do you have a "credible" source for your 20 percent?

Just asking?

Loudmouth,

That would be the most pathetic a post you've ever put up.

Waffling on about backward cultures and people who don't believe in germs...

What is the point of indulging in your cringe-worthy stereotyping?

An effort to try and demonstrate what a big fella you are?

"So poncy 'Western' practices like 'washing your hands' are actually nothing more than falling for the lies of so-called 'Western science'"... "pandering to backward ideologies".....blah, blahdy, ignoramus, blah....

Are you insinuating that Muslims are so backward that they don't see the value in washing?

We are discussing directives in Britain for procedures in their hospitals.

What a miserable, snide and petty post.

Grow up.....

Hi Poirot,

Thank you for your observations. It is actually true that people in many cultural mind-sets do not believe in the notion of 'germs' - after all, Pasteur only 'discovered' them in the late nineteenth century, thanks to modern technology, and even then many people didn't believe him, and - my point - still don't.

I apologise for striking a nerve, but if you are suggesting that my dig at people who don't believe in germs was actually a criticism of Muslim science, so-called, then so be it. You have raised this an issue, so we can assume you have some evidence for this - let's be honest - backward notion. If you wish to associate such crap with Islam, AND wish to support it despite any evidence, (what do they call that - 100% belief without evidence ?) that's your problem.

Good luck :)

Joe