Outraged Europeans Take Dimmer View of Diversity

LATIMES ^ | 09/05/05 | Jeffrey Fleishman, Ralph Frammolino and Sebastian Rotella

[Pikamax]

Outraged Europeans Take Dimmer View of Diversity Attitudes are hardening in many countries amid spectacular violence by Islamic extremists and the perceived failure of integration efforts.

By Jeffrey Fleishman, Ralph Frammolino and Sebastian Rotella Times Staff Writers

September 5, 2005

LONDON — It was less than genteel, not the kind of thing a Londoner liked to admit, but Matthew Pickard couldn't help himself when drawn into a discussion about the recent bombings on the city's transit system. There is an "undertow," he said, a feeling of resentment toward ethnic communities that had long been welcomed.

"My friends, who are all educated and professionals, they're saying, 'What gives those people the right to come up from other countries and set up homes and set up families and then start bombing and maiming people?' " the 33-year-old engineering consultant said. "They just don't move in and integrate with society. They move in and take over. I just think enough's enough."

Since the July 7 attacks that killed 52 commuters, an increasing number of Britons have become worried that their nation has been too tolerant of foreigners. Enticed by generous asylum laws, jobs, welfare benefits and a commitment to racial cohesion, millions of immigrants, many from nations once part of the British empire, have found a home here. But their presence is being challenged, especially in the case of people from Muslim cultures.

The frustration and anger in Britain resonate across a continent where deadly attacks in Spain and the Netherlands over the last 18 months have tested faith in multiculturalism. From Rome to Paris to Berlin, governments are rethinking the balance between civil rights and national security, proposing tighter immigration and asylum laws and drafting tougher measures against voices of hate.

[SteveMcKing]

Really strong convictions, huh...

[Mears]

bfl

[stboz]

"My friends, who are all educated and professionals, they're saying, 'What gives those people the right to come up from other countries and set up homes and set up families and then start bombing and maiming people?' "

Comes the Dawn. Dumbasses, all.

[woodb01]

Meanwhile, here in the United States we've got the Democrat's legal terrorist group the ACLU ensuring that America is as vulnerable as possible to attack.

While they're not committing legal terrorism, the ACLU's out making sure that terrorists can operate freely.

And Clinton appointed one of these treasonous pieces of trash to wear a black robe on the Supreme Court - Ginsberg is an ACLU Lawyer.

Can anyone tell me again WHY does ANYONE respect anything that black robed lawless lawyers have to say again? And why again does anyone believe that a deranged, corrupt lawyer is suddenly going to be anything but deranged and corrupt one they put on the cult robes of their legal priesthood?

[JoJo Gunn]

"They just don't move in and integrate with society. They move in and take over. I just think enough's enough."

Discovering and listening to your gut instinct is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

[metmom]

More good news every day.

[Capriole]

We Americans are not in any position to criticize the British for their open-door policy toward immigrants. I only wish that the government here would wake up and smell the coffee as the British government is beginning to do.

[BroncosFan]

Even if there's a popular backlash (there, in Holland, etc.), do sheer demographics make it too late?

[OB1kNOb]

How intolerant! And here, all along, I thought the Europeans were so enlightened!....../sarc..../indignation

[null and void]

"They move in and take over. I just think enough's enough."

Bingo uh, Spot on!