XPost: rec.arts.books, mn.politics, alt.religion.asatru   
   From: gordian238@hotmail.com   
      
   This has zero interest to our newsgroup.   
      
   "Misterina"  wrote in message   
   news:dt3rfu$ben$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...   
   > Kevin - well said.   
   > I live in South Africa and it is as multicultural and diverse as it gets.   
   > Our country's "other" name is The Rainbow Nation. I think we have   
   > something   
   > like 11 official languages?   
   > PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT a racist, but South Africa just went downhill after   
   > apartheid. Same thing that happened to you Kevin, happens on a daily basis   
   > in South Africa. To give you an example. We moved into a very upmarket   
   > complex in Johannesburg. When we moved in, the streets were quiet and   
   > clean.   
   > THREE MONTHS LATER, the place was invaded. Just like that. The crime in   
   > South Africa is HORRIFIC. Contract killings on 6 month old babies (getting   
   > stabbed in the neck and bleeding to death), raping of new-born babies,   
   > pregnant women within days of delivering a healthy baby getting shot twice   
   > in the stomach at point-blank range shattering the baby's spleen and spine   
   > killing it instantly... I can go on and on. In the apartheid years, crime   
   > was low, we had a healthcare system that WORKED, we had one of the BEST   
   > educational systems in the world and we did not set free THOUSANDS of   
   > violent criminals because our jails were grossly overcrowded. Everyone in   
   > society KNEW their place.   
   > Another point is I think that "multiculturalism" is a myth. The people in   
   > the "new" South Africa are adopting Western Culture and several different   
   > cultures are merging into one big cultural pot. A New Culture of sorts.   
   > Which is very sad in my opinion - losing one's cultural identity.   
   >   
   > All this happened because of the bleeding heart liberals. Because everyone   
   > believes democracy is the way to go. Everybody is equal. Everybody is NOT   
   > equal. I am NOT equal to Bush or Paris Hilton or Mugabe or a neurosurgeon.   
   > Democracy is beautiful in theory but it is NOT a practical concept. It   
   > brought along the whole "human rights" thing, and look where it got us.   
   > The   
   > world is going to the dogs.   
   > Multiculturalism my a**. You want to talk democracy? You want to talk   
   > FREEDOM? Then GIVE me the CHOICE not to allow certain "elements" into my   
   > neighbourhood. Because god knows, I ain't embracing ****.   
   >   
   >   
   > "Kevin Hall"  wrote in message   
   > news:11v7iod4gh54436@corp.supernews.com...   
   >> Pleasant or not,  and in spite of rabid nitwits on both sides of the   
   > debate,   
   >> this is an issue which needs attention,  and soon.  If you wish to see   
   >> the   
   >> results of multiculturalism at work in the real world,  look no further   
   > than   
   >> large Canadian cities like Toronto and Vancouver.  They have altered   
   > almost   
   >> beyond recognition in the past 20 years,  and not for the better.   
   >>   
   >> Violent crime in Toronto is at an all time high,  and even the most   
   > liberal   
   >> members of society there have agreed that the vast majority of gun   
   >> related   
   >> crimes have been perpetrated by non-white immigrants, both legal and   
   >> illegal.   
   >>   
   >> In the late 70s I was driven out of 2 apartment buildings in Toronto when   
   >> the influx of 'new Canadians' flooding into the building made it   
   > impossible   
   >> to get away from the appalling smells of curried Addidas or what ever   
   >> they   
   >> ate even in my own apartment.  Shortly after the smells came the roaches.   
   > I   
   >> moved.  Same thing happened again in less than 6 months.  By 1982 the   
   >> village-like suburb into which I had moved both home and business had   
   >> started to be overwhelmed by incoming Sommalis and Jamaicans.  In a   
   >> matter   
   >> of months it went from being a quiet,  safe community to having break-ins   
   >> and robberies on a regular basis.  When it got to the point at which my   
   >> store was the only one in our mall which had yet to be robbed,  I sold   
   >> out   
   >> and moved 220 miles northeast into the bush.   
   >>   
   >> At present the largest single budget line item for the Toronto school   
   > board   
   >> is English as a Second Language.  It is consuming so much money that   
   > other,   
   >> more conventional courses are having to be dropped.   
   >>   
   >> Think long and hard before embracing the principal of multiculturalism.   
   >>   
   >> KH   
   >> "Eugene Miya"  wrote in message   
   >> news:43eb8cf5$1@darkstar...   
   >> > In article ,   
   >> > arminius  wrote:   
   >> >>"Iconoclast"  wrote in message   
   >> >>news:fqOdnQXPi9mROnfeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...   
   >> >>> http://www.eco.freedom.org/el/20060201/gielow.shtml   
   >> >>> You Don't Say...   
   >> >>> Multiculturalism and diversity   
   >> >>> By Fred Gielow   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> February 1, 2006   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> I suspect many Americans are quite comfortable with the ideas of   
   >> >>> multiculturalism and diversity, and think the millions of Mexicans   
   >> >>> and   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > You guys had better rent the film Windtalkers.   
   >> >   
   >> > Learn to edit down posts and cut down on follow ups.   
   >> >   
   >> > --   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)