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To: Ilaine who wrote (124774)	7/12/2005 6:00:21 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

To finish my idea, after the edit window closed. Modern times demand that a modern culture be able to tolerate ambiguity and contradiction. I would argue that true modernity also demands the ability to tolerate tremendous differences within the population, which is simply a restatement of the old "melting pot" argument for American culture. The article by Bork you posted a couple of days ago argues that our society began to disintegrate when "outside elements" which were not Anglo-Protestant began to creep in. I would argue that Bork is wrong, wrong, wrong. The amazing glory that is America rests on the assimilation of non-Anglo, non-Protestant cultures into/along with Anglo-Protestant culture. We do it, and nobody else does it like we do. And we're the best. Don't mess with success. (Er, sorry, hope I didn't get carried away.)