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To: epicure who wrote (68885)	5/27/2008 9:57:04 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542126

"What kind of "threat" do you think they face?" I think they face a threat like we do from the south. When the numbers get sufficiently large they become a swing political group that distorts public policy. We can see it here in the pander to the Latino vote - the politicians are in full pander for the votes. The Europeans will - or likely do - face a similar problem. For instance - they will have a difficult political time taking an anti arab stance on key issues. As for assimilation - if the percentages stay low - yes. If the percentages continue to grow it will be more and more difficult - especially if the groups chose to group together in their living areas. Frankly, we are far more lucky than the Europeans. Our illegal immigrants share a lot of our values.