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Old 02-14-2011, 01:59 AM   #5
NeroASERCH

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I think there's a worthwhile distinction between assimilation and integration. A country can be multicultural, but all of the various communities must be integrated into a greater whole..
That's what I am talking about - even the semantics are too precious for the left-leaning. But no, curlyg, a country cannot be multicultural and remain democratic with integrated communities.
Multiculturalism was developed as the very alternative to integration and as such is merely a vehicle to raise the vote count for the left in democratic societies. They import the very same people who in the Egyptian thread you rightly define as not prepared for living in the mature democracy - they import them and instead of educating and encouraging to follow mainstream tradition, absorb cornerstone values and learn - they praise their "culture" of origin and encourage to stick to it regardless of its nature. Combine this with the routine money handouts and still high standards of hygene, supply of basic services and free education - it's paradise! why would anybody try to learn language, work hard, try to move through the ranks? They confine themselves to gettos and eventually they produce leaders who call for re-org of the whole society according to their aggressive "culture". The same Palestinians whose "culture" is to elect Hamas to power - the same people are living here next door to us enjoying full respect of their "culture" from our state.
By the way, another issue of multiculturalism is that in accordance with the socialist principles it removes personal responsibility from the person. It absolves the rapists and other thugs declaring them "victims" rather than perpetrators. Well, that's their culture...It is applied selectively of course - no leniency is granted if you are from mainstream culture, you have to fit the "disadvantaged minority" criteria. It's all intertwined, you can't just pick and chose: I want affirmative action but I don't want multiculturalism... Unfotunately the world has gone way too far down this road, the way back may be much harder than we think. Definitely in Europe.
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