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To: ahhaha who wrote (18749)	7/26/2011 11:24:52 AM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

spot on observation.

To: ahhaha who wrote (18749)	7/26/2011 3:43:18 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

...I don't like this stuff where they all congregate together for some kind of mutual protection. I can't think of an immigrant group that didn't group together for that reason. It didn't cause problem Until about thirty - forty years ago because then we didn't have official multiculturalism. It was in the 1960's folk started talking about a cultural mosaic instead of a cultural melting pot. There was no belief that all cultures have equal value in a N American or European context, and there was no legal effort made to make folk behave as if all cultures and languages have equal value. There was no human rights industry with its insistence on ethical relativism. It was made clear to immigrants what the society's expectations of new citizens were. Newcomers knew what they had to give up if they wished to live here successfully; it was a pretty bumpy ride for some and they didn't stay. Aliens need to integrate and trust. That's where they would get defended, as individuals, not as a monolithic group. If the receiving community is not clear about its values and expectations for citizens, then what is it in that community that newcomers can cleave to and trust? What's to trust and respect in a place where folk are unclear about their values and don't defend them? .............................................. This is anecdotal, but I've been told by a number of immigrants that what hit them right between the eyes was being told by a civil servant that no, they did not have to pay him personally (bribe) to get something done. It was evidence that despite the jarring aspects of life here with its apparent louchness, immodesty, carelessness and so forth, that nonetheless there are serious and noble principles we take seriously and act out.