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**Qvqnubpj** · 07-10-2012, 08:46 PM

Integration to me is being tolerant of difference within different cultures residing alongside one another, respecting those difference (whether you personally agree to them or not). Sadly most people think integration means 'become one of us'. There should be no difference which to me states intolerance.

I see intolerance in the UK - anything different to the culture here, its like people cannot comprehend! I also experience a hint of conceit. Their way is the best.

Totally different experience in states ... California is very multicultural and people generally accept you for who you are. They don't have a preconceived idea of what one should be like. But I guess that would be due to the vast number of different cultures that one cannot really dominate?

I agree with this.

Generally speaking it depends where in the UK. Where I am most people get along well, we all understand the cultural references having been born and raised here and so can relate much better to them. We don't make it out like our relationship troubles is so much more different than their issues, or our financial problems are different to theirs, or if young adults are struggling and cannot afford a house to live in is any different from their pressures to see their children setup stable homes. These are societal issues that affect everyone and we need to come together to tackle them. Nothing to do with religion. This is our social contract. Think Madinah in the early days.

Generally it means to live and let live and to be a cooperative person as we achieve more this way. You can have your beliefs, they can have theirs, you may not agree but you're still amicable. Unfortunately, we live in a time of self-entitlement which means any tom, **** and harry thinks he can tell others how to live their life or whats best for them despite being 16 and saw a 5 min islamic lecture / or racist propoganda and accepted it as gospel because it is on youtube.

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Qvqnubpj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	Integration to me is being tolerant of difference within different cultures residing alongside one another, respecting those difference (whether you personally agree to them or not). Sadly most people think integration means 'become one of us'. There should be no difference which to me states intolerance. I see intolerance in the UK - anything different to the culture here, its like people cannot comprehend! I also experience a hint of conceit. Their way is the best. Totally different experience in states ... California is very multicultural and people generally accept you for who you are. They don't have a preconceived idea of what one should be like. But I guess that would be due to the vast number of different cultures that one cannot really dominate? I agree with this. Generally speaking it depends where in the UK. Where I am most people get along well, we all understand the cultural references having been born and raised here and so can relate much better to them. We don't make it out like our relationship troubles is so much more different than their issues, or our financial problems are different to theirs, or if young adults are struggling and cannot afford a house to live in is any different from their pressures to see their children setup stable homes. These are societal issues that affect everyone and we need to come together to tackle them. Nothing to do with religion. This is our social contract. Think Madinah in the early days. Generally it means to live and let live and to be a cooperative person as we achieve more this way. You can have your beliefs, they can have theirs, you may not agree but you're still amicable. Unfortunately, we live in a time of self-entitlement which means any tom, **** and harry thinks he can tell others how to live their life or whats best for them despite being 16 and saw a 5 min islamic lecture / or racist propoganda and accepted it as gospel because it is on youtube.
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