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   From: misterina@yahoo.com   
      
   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.   
   > >   
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