Under threat

The question of identity is a confusing issue. In this country we have been bombarded with multiculturalism and the need to be inclusive by merging our nationality and now our sexuality with all and sundry. The utopia of a oneness a collective brotherhood/sisterhood so that we ignore our differences and focus on our commonality within the tent of humanity. 

Of course the ideal is rarely achieved and in trying

to achieve this utopia we, by necessity exclude those who differ from our aim for what ever reason. As we are fed the picture of a dislocated world in all its violent image we have to recognise that the ideological mission of our 'Politically Correct Thought Police' who strive to keep the status quo in line with their teaching and have to be blind to actual reality.

Unity seems to be a rare commodity except in the religious world where the guiding hand of a book based on faith binds the community. Internationally the Muslim faith has come on in leap and bounds to establish its self as a recognised alternative not only to home grown faith but also as a political alternative through its unity established across national boundaries. As with any 'force majeure' there has to be the ability to recognise other members of the clan, to know who is with you and who is outside the tent. Dress is important as it gives credence to belief, through common identity, facial hair, in common with ultra active religious groups such as the Jews is a way of differentiating who is who. The importance of the attendance at the Mosque or the ritual of the Jewish holy day are strong binding elements to signify who I am and what I stand for. 

The independent agnostic has no such symbolism, they are on their own to battle life as an individual, isolated in their belief, aghast at the way their concepts are under threat.