Eugene,
Re Bloody Foreigners, I have bought a copy and read about half of the book
so far. I think the title is unfortunate but the book is centrally about the
contribution that foreigners have made to the UK. It is really highly
supportive of the 'foreigner' and questions the received wisdom of the
indigenous Briton who tends to think in terms of "bloody foreigners" taking
jobs etc. The truth is that foreigners over the past centuries have helped
keep Britain afloat and contributed significantly to its sustained
development and this theme lies at the heart of this book.
I would strongly recommend the book as its historical research is pretty
thorough. It is a bit of a heavyweight of a book and in hard cover when I
bought it when it first came out. Nevertheless, it is a good read. I hope
to finish reading it by the end of this summer and perhaps I may have more
to say about it then. In the meantime, I hope you will get a copy so that we
may be able to exchange notes.
Regarding my view of Blair's illegal and unjustified war against Iraq, and
as a poodle of the USA, I have said much on Goanet and will not repeat this.
80% of Britons were opposed to the start of the war. However, now we have
one hell of a problem to sort out with many crazy religious extremists who
are entirely indiscriminate over bombings and I doubt the various groups
have a clear rationale for their actions except perhaps for one central
theme i.e. their perception of the double standards of the West on many
issues affecting/hurting them and especially, over Palestine/Israel. Sadly
the damage has been done, and ironically, Blair comes out as a bit of a
statesman in this crisis in the absence of an alternative available leader
at this juncture. It may take a long time to bring back life to normality
and the price is likely to be high unfortunately.
Cornel DaCosta, London, UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: [Goanet]britain and immigrants
Saw a book titled Bloody Foreigners, published in
Britain in 2004 but reissued this year in paperback. I
haven't read, but hope it buy it. Did anyone on the
goanet read it?
This is the type of hysteria that white Britain
creates and then the consequences is what we see now
happening in that country.
No doubt the immigrant Muslim community, and many
others, were disturbed with Tony Blair's support to
USA in its War Against Terror, the underlying problem
seems immigrant distrust and frustration.
The social ills of racial discrimination and prejudice
takes its own toll. Sad but true.
Eugene Correia
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