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I am reminded of a joke from Rowan Atkinson, pretending to be a conservative member of Parliament: "Now I _like_ curry, but now that we have the recipe, why do
by cwyers 8y ago
I am reminded of a joke from Rowan Atkinson, pretending to be a conservative member of Parliament: "Now I _like_ curry, but now that we have the recipe, why do they need to stay?"
- DanBC 8y agoNick Griffin (BNP) released cooking videos with exactly that premise. https://metro.co.uk/2014/01/08/nick-griffin-is-the-new-jamie-oliver-in-bnp-tv-cookery-programme-4254210/ https://metro.co.uk/2014/01/08/nick-griffin-is-the-new-jamie... > He then explains the etymology of ‘curry’ to convince us that we don’t need immigration. > ‘Incidentally, the word “curry” first appears from a cookery book during the reign of, I think it’s Richard II, 13th century… so don’t let people tell you that you have to have huge numbers of immigrants to have good cooking,’ he says. > ‘We’ve got a Mexican restaurant in a town not far from here. The place isn’t swamped with Mexicans. You take the recipe – that’s really all you need.’
- claudiawerner 8y agoAlthough I'd really hesitate to say he has a point (considering his positions which seem to be opposed to mine in every way I can see) it's a common rebuttal to an argument advanced by people who support immigration: that such people bring their culture with them, or more specifically, places that sell "ethnic food". The truth of the matter is that you don't need such people to cook the food for you, and this isn't even mentioning the (in my opinion) rather twisted logic in which we'd want immigrants just so that they can cook their food for us - perform a little dance and show, and not talk too much.