Page 10 FTmagazine january 14/january 15 2006 The Ideas Department:
Hope and glory - Efforts to rehabilitate patriotism and citizenship deserve to be nutured by john.lloyd@ft.com
This article brought home a number of interesting points about common goals for all in the
country and any new entrants to be taught these principles and with the aim of bringing a wide group of different people together to think the same about being in the respective countries. All of Western Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand should take this on board and start national programmes. Its like when people
unite during a War, but this time its to stop home grown
terrorists and race riots. Which have been seen in most Western Euopean countries, with the worst in France. One point -
British Muslims sympathise with Islamic terrorists and thats 100,000 to 200,000 British People. This points to the failings of the British and other Governments in not seeing this around the corner and not
doing enough. Every new person in a country to do a year with the Salvation Army seeing and helping people in need. The message from doing this would help bring people together and feel that there a wide
range of others in a similar postion to themselves. Putting people on a common platform makes them work together in teams, even when they dont speak the language of the country they are in. London in the UK has a very diverse range of people from around the world in the main get on and mix well. But the law needs to
change so that kids get a thick hear or a kick in the pants from the local police when they are misbehaving and they are not allowed to sue. The belt at School is also needed, teacher needs respect and attention to able to teach. Not abuse or assult from pupils. This will no doubt get the human rights people complaining. Hopeful that the oldest political society ! the Fabian Society will take up the cause and fly the flag for british citizenship. Also the PROMS should change to unite different poeple iin song.
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