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Originally Posted by Chris

And where do you draw the line between what generates culture and what does not? Where’s the line between something through which we deduce what our culture is, and another thing through which we can’t?

You're still doing the former:

Originally Posted by Chris
In what sense is it derived from such things? Are you suggesting these are things from which we deduce what our culture is, or are these things whose production generates our culture? Or both?

I maintain that British culture is subliminal. However, that doesn't stop us from examining and commenting on other cultures.

Multi-culture is an interesting diversion. Let's take two examples that have similarities but also stark differences:

1 The Muslims

They derive their culture from centuries of imbuement in the Koran. When you read the Koran, its touch points on British culture are pretty much zero. There is a 90%+ uptake of the religion by British Muslim children. At the extreme end of Islam are the Iranians, Jihadists and so on.

There will be many British Muslims who have absorbed a considerable amount of British culture, but it is my perception that most of them remain governed by Islam.

2 The Jews

They derive their culture from the Old Testament, which is 50% (sort of) of the Christian influence. British Jews have integrated well into British culture and I'm sure the leakage of belief into atheism is not much different from British Christians. At the extreme end of Judaism are the Ultras who pretty-much bubble themselves into their mini-society. Their culture is based on the teachings of a particular past Rabbi in Eastern Europe. One thing the British ultras don't do is Jihad and all the terror that brings.