Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(60)
The test of a fledgling democracy is not just how it cares for the majority, but how it protects its minorities.
It is said that a civilisation should be measured by how well it treats its minorities.
Most important, Europe must finally make clear that if Turkey bolsters its democracy and respects the rights of its minorities, it will be welcome in the European Union.
If a country may be judged by how it treats its minorities, the failure to treat them properly in Sri Lanka has carried a fearsome price, which even yet has not been fully paid.
I say this to Egypt, and I say it as a friend: the litmus test of any civilised society is how it treats its minorities.
But now that the island is a member of the EU, it has to accord its minorities the same sort of protection that the EU is asking Turkey to provide.The only party with real clout is the EU itself.
Kashmir has been on the boil for two decades and India's north-eastern states for many more, but it is the treatment of its minorities that lies at the heart of some of India's most dangerous problems.
It is quite different from California because most of its minorities have been there for ten or 20 generations, rather than one or two.
Its poor and its minorities may rebel.
"How a society treats its minorities is a big test.
An independent Kosovo must be secured and its minorities protected.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com