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To: one_less who wrote (218807)	2/16/2007 11:25:31 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

Ditto. America may be the melting pot but it doesnt mean folks give up their prior cultures. What they do is to throw it into the stew that makes up this country. It adds to the flavor of our country for sure. And for the immigrant whether legal or illegal, they get back a sense of belonging and a loyalty to their new country which is almost unexplainable. It must be the pride they take when native born americans start frequenting their ethnic restaurants. I dont know if there is any other nation where this happens quite the way it happens here.

To: one_less who wrote (218807)	2/16/2007 1:39:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As I said in another post, some immigrant traditions, customs, values are good. Work ethic, respect for education, etc. Some are just interesting and enriching - new foods, etc. - the new becomes eventually as American as pizza and tacos and ramen noodles. Knights of Columbus, Cajun food, Pa Dutch - all good things. Nevertheless all cultural trappings aren't equally beneficial. Some are bad. Honor killings, jihad, polygamy, teaching children to shout "death to Rushdie" (like a Muslim school on Hillcroft in Houston did in 2001) are not good cultural trappings. We don't want them.