On the other hand don't we have a tradition of "innocent until
proven guilty"?
An other side to it, I heard it in local (Swedish radio). Told by a survivor of Auschwitz who used to be Middle East correspondent for Swedish radio.
In India there used to be a tradition to burn the wife of a deceased man together with his husband's body. A young wife of a man who died tried to escape destiny and found refuge at a British military base, the family of the deceased trailed her to the base and I they were met by a young British officer.
So they told him about their traditions…
The British officer listened to them carefully and than said. We British have great respect for your traditions. But, we Brittish have also our own traditions. One of those traditions is that those who burn young, innocent women alive we hang by the neck.
I don't know about the truth in this story, but it tells a tale, worth some consideration.
Now, this was in context of some female immigrants being killed by family members after having "unappropriate relations". Still, it illustrates that we can have respect for traditions but there are also values that cannot be compromised. I think that immigration is quite OK, but once you choose to live in a society, you need to live within the laws and traditions of that country.
Best regards
Erik
Derb, provocative as always -
http://www.unz.com/jderbyshire/obamas-agenda-and-the-treason-of-the-establishment/
