my innermost sanctum

flawed logic

the british council are an international joke.

or probably run by a bunch of comedian's.

firstly, they are sending a british-born comic who happens to be muslim and *asian* [this narrow definition riles me greatly - as if ONLY indians and paki's are qualified to be called asian? just like in the US whereby ONLY chink's, japs and other slit eye's are qualified to be asian?] to her motherland/fatherland/ancestral land to convince the muslim's that the UK is a good place to live in.

double-speak: please bring along your entire village with you as immigrant's to this country. you can also abuse our kindness by using the nhs for free. and while we are at it, you can abuse our welfare system also.

secondly, this same comic who happens to be *asian* is given the green light to make joke's. about the burqa. sure, there's nothin wrong with it as other british asian's and british muslims found em funny-ha-ha.

why do i think it's flawed? see the word's "british-born", "comic" and "jokes"?

does anyone seriously think muslim's in india, pakistan, and saudi arabia share exact same sense of humour as brit's? just because some of em happen to understand english? besides, just because the comic happens to be of asian *ethnicity* [someone obviously forgot to add this word] and muslim [asians/paki's=muslim, muslims=asian/paki?], that doesn't mean her kith could completely identify with her.

or qualify her to make jokes about the burqa. period. but that doesn't mean the indians and pakis don't have a single funny bone. or they should lighten up, after all it's just a joke. keep in mind that not everyone sees the world from exact same perspective.

in short, this project is not just flawed, it's a no-brainer. it's pure hogwash.

if yank's and english don't understand each other's humour despite sharing a common tongue [and the U S of A happen to be an english colony once], what more the british-*asian* comic and her kith?

btw, the comic herself may assert her *asian* identity in the UK by reminding one and all that she's proud of her heritage. but to asian's on this side of the planet - includin yers truly - she's *british*. period. she - together with other british *asians* - never actually grew up anywhere in asia. or in south asia / the sub-continent for that matter.

so quit using the tag as some sort of badge, eh *asians* everywhere?