protecting a culture

in the united kingdom we have a culture based on the judaic code of ethics this encompasses the law, our moral code, our perceptions of fairness, right and wrong -justice our culture is plant that has been nurtured for at least 800 years. like every plant it needs watering pruning and adjustment but as a species it remains intact. multi -culturism is something the majority of the citizens of the united kingdom have been persuaded to accept on the understanding that there is a basic consensus on human rights .yet not every culture within out boundaries accepts this .there is teaching of the caliphate in some faith schools the education minister didn't know what this meant - however it has nothing to do with democracy .and though we accept the right of everyone to follow their own beliefs we have our own structure re -shaped by by a minority. any rejection of these tenants tends to lead to negative reactions which compromise free speech the immediate effect is to compromise free speech. if there is a different interpretation of life purpose it becomes impossible for the minority to be absorbed into the greater whole. the larger grouping is not to blame, the endemic structure of the country is as it is and must remain so .the same struggle is emerging in France ,the protection of all that France represents is important -it is not negotiable. for instance should we become subject to the tenants of creed that abhors all realistic image making then we would see the destruction of cultural artifacts such as the world has never seen before. our art ,our freedoms ,our treatment of women are sacrosanct and cannot be re-negotiated. nor can we sanctify 12th century punishments vengeance has never been a form of rehabilitation . what i believe is open to adjustment but is not open to revision ,western culture has a tradition of thought patterns in science and arts that is unsurpassed that combined with the the philanthropic soul of the west must be sustained and nourished at whatever the cost