Channel 4’s Sex Box is far more damaging to British culture than Islamism

Last night Channel 4 broadcast a programme by Trevor Phillips, in which he worried about the integration of British Muslims. He suggested that we should switch to a policy of ‘active integration’.

The night before, at the same time of 10pm, Channel 4 broadcast a programme in which the merits of having sex with a complete stranger were discussed. Some people find it very liberating, a sexpert explained, as a thrilled audience of thickos tittered. Yes I know – I wrote about Sex Box last week – one more strike and I’m officially volunteering to be the new Mary Whitehouse.

My point is that sensationalist TV is guilty of falsifying who we are as a nation in a way that alienates people with traditional moral views. I consider the makers of that programme a greater threat to British culture than any peddler of Islamist propaganda. If I were somewhat detached from mainstream British culture and saw that show, I would assume that it was more representative of British culture than it is, and would feel the need to build high walls to protect me from it.