segregation in schools

I was led to belive that this country's aim was for all religions and race to live in harmony. Surely segregation in schools whether in a big or small scale is the wrong way to go about achieving this goal, and what happened to the saying "when in Rome do as the Romans do." This is a christian country where Christianity and British traditions have been taught without prejudice and it is only recently since the P.C. brigade took over that our heritage is now being put in jeopardy.
When anyone decides they want to take up residence in another country then they must be prepared to fit in with the ways of that country and not expect their chosen country to take up their culture. This has nothing to do with religion or race, it should be out of respect for the country they adopt and will adopt them if they abide by the rules, laws and traditions of their chosen destination.
Most people I know who go to other countries (there will be the odd exception) are only too glad to learn the ways and language of their adopted country, while keeping their own traditions to the privacy of their home life. In most countries in the middle east you have no option but to obey the laws set by their religion and culture and we have come to know that when over there you HAVE to abide by them or suffer severe consequences, even deportation which is only right after all as we are in THEIR country so why do they not accept and respect our laws and cultures,it SHOULD work both ways.
That is the way to be accepted and not expect the world to change to suit their ways.
The world would be a sorrier place if we all ended up with the same beliefs and traditions and this is the way it is heading if the P.C. brigade are not put in their place soon. The saying "when in Rome" should never be taken lightly and anyone changing countries should always remember this and respect the laws of their new country of residence and if they are not happy about it stay where they will be happiest, "in their own country."
The Chinese are a good example of fitting in as they have been over here for many many years and never caused any disruption or have any disillusionment about their culture interfering, or taking over from the British way of life while happily holding on to their own traditions without prejudice from the British public. If only other races and religions could take a leaf out of their book there would be less animosity towards them and peace and sensibility would reign once again in Britain.

racism and political correctness.

Racism and political correctness are very delicate subjects and although I have never classed myself as a racist I do think that the interpretation of these matters has now gone to the extreme.
I do sympathise with the people who are maliciously abused by the mindless idiots who do not know how to live and let live, however not everyone uses nicknames to be offensive. Years ago, during the wars for instance, Scotsmen were fondly referred to as Jocks, the Welsh as Taffs and the Irish as paddies, While the English had a few nicknames (limey, Brit,sassenach,to mention some) depending on the nationality of the person addressing them but no offence was taken because during the wars they were fighting together NOT against each other and even the mindless yobs of these days realised they had to depend on each other for survival.
Shortened names like Paki, Yank and Chinks were originally used in a friendly way and also a lazy way to address people of these nations they did not know by name but once they became more familiar they would have used their real names which also through laziness could have been shortened. It was only when the mindless yobs who put every nation to shame started putting bastard in front of them that they became offensive.
As for some of the stupid things that happen through the year like, schools not having nativity plays at Christmas as not to offend other religions is ludicrous.
THIS IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY and people of these other religions new that when they came here as do their offspring who now being citizens of this country understand this. It is the media who blow everything out of proportion to try and sell newspapers who stir up the troubles as most of people in question also think it is a load of rubbish and want to live and let live. When the media stirs things up there is always the minority who jump on the bandwagon and enjoy the trouble they can cause, giving them an excuse to vent their anger at something which escalates into needless violence aimed at anything and anyone. They are just trouble makers and every country and religion has them.
When we go to other countries we are expected to abide by their rules and regulations and they do not alter their customs to suit us so why does the E.U. think that we have to adjust our customs to suit other nationalities.
These are just a few of the examples of the nonsense in the world today, there are many more as you all know and the majority do not want trouble but, as always the minority are catered for and the decent people of this world suffer.