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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (247530)	11/7/2007 5:44:40 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine ,philosophicaly speaking you may have a point...however we live on earth where one cannot seperate reason and emotion so easily. Can you name a place where" people acting as individuals, citizens, being given opportunities to strive for merit, which is all judged on one standard no matter where the people were born or grew up"and where people were not"striving for things that are good only relative to their own culture"?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (247530)	11/7/2007 5:59:36 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

RE"Once you accept multiculturalism, you accept that you can't judge the "other", which gives whoever is the "other" a pass that isn't given to "us" Nadine again you seem to think we live in a world of absolutes....of corse you can judge others....but not always by your own biased standards. As to enforcing improvements ...LOL!good luck with that one . Humans often bite the hand that would feed them. BUT why is it in all your posts you never mention oil? Dont you think europe might not want to see america controlling the granting of contracts to develope iraqi oil fields. And do not forget that europe gets to watch on nervously as a neighbor of the middle east...if it blows up the fall out will hit europe while america is safe 5000 mile away.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (247530)	11/7/2007 9:15:33 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of both cultural and ethnic diversity within the demographics of a particular social space. Some countries have official, or de jure, multiculturalism policies aimed at preserving the cultures or cultural identities - usually those of immigrant groups - within a unified society. In this context, multiculturalism advocates a society that extends equitable status to distinct cultural and religious groups, no one culture predominating. However, the term is more commonly used to describe a society consisting of minority immigrant cultures existing alongside a predominant, indigenous culture. Advocates for the adoption (or maintenance) of official policies of multiculturalism often argue that cultural diversity is a positive force for a society’s nationhood or cultural identity. Official multiculturalism contrasts with forms of officially sanctioned monoculturalism (though such a term has only been used retrospectively). Monoculturalism implies a normative cultural unity or cultural homogeneity. Where a nation has accepted high levels of immigration, monoculturalism has been accompanied by varieties of assimilationist policies and practices to encourage forms of acculturation to (and protection of) the norms of the dominant culture. In countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the term multicultural is also often used to refer to non-European immigrant groups in a manner similar to the terms NESB (Non-English speaking backgound) and CALD (Culturally and linguistically diverse) people." en.wikipedia.org "The second(Multiculturalism) is about people acting as members of cultures, striving for things that are good only relative to their own culture, because there is no absolute merit across cultures and all good and evil is relative." Your definition is just that, your definition. "And enforcing improvements certainly isn't pc, which I think is the real animus against the US invasion of Iraq." The real animus against the US invasion of Iraq are the lies, the arrogance, the ineptness, the refugees, the torture, and the casualties. "don't tell me it was concern for human rights. 250,000 people died in the Balkans in the 1990s" Yes, a legitimate point and a shameful period in European history that can be only partially excused because of a lack of a united FP from the European Union's side. "They think they have regulated safety into being, and it is only threatened by US bellicosity." The one sided support of Israel is missing from your analysis.