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To: Free Vulcan
What I don't understand is why Latinos from every other part of Central and South America seem to fit in and thrive in America, speaking two languages or no, while the Mexicans are so resistant to assimilation. Curious if you could explain it.

Well, all I know is that if someone could show me some hard substantiation for it, I would be more than willing to believe that Vincente Fox is staging a low-key invasion of the Mexican Cession from within.

There is plenty of circumstantial evidence to that end.

75 posted on 03/04/2004 9:08:48 AM PST by MegaSilver
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To: MegaSilver
Before I tell you why I think this is pseudo-academic xenophobic rubbish, let's look at Huntington's supporting arguments:

Ummmm... Before you do that, there is something much more pertinent that you need to attend to. What are your credentials? On what experiences, study and research are you basing your opinion? Anything at all other than the inane "progressive" gene that assumes that all liberals know everything? Has your opinion been declared the equal to findings based on study, reason, logic research, statistics and insight?
No? I didn't think so. How about Jim Forrest, the director of Synovate market research company? What are his credentials? Who funds his group? For whom was the study done and what is their source of funding? Is he simply replicating assertions made out of whole cloth by "studies" buried so deep no one can identify the original source?
Over the past 12 years, the number of unassimilated Hispanics -- those who don't consume English-language media -- has decreased from 40 percent to 26 percent...
I would be astounded if that were anywhere near true, unless there is a lie by omission: it may be true of legal alien immigrants. My eyes and ears tell me the opposite, so what am I to believe?

And where is it written that people are biologically limited to speaking only one language?
Now, this is precious! comparing apples and oranges (never mind that it's irrelevant; Switzerland has among the strictest immigration laws in the world!). This sad sack Oppenheimer can't make the distinction between a society willingly deciding to learn other languages, and being forced to speak other languages due to illegal invasion by semi-literates. Additionally, I seriously doubt that the Swiss speak Spanish at home among themselves.

Anybody who has traveled through Europe knows that the Swiss, Danes, Swedes and others speak two, three and sometimes four languages.
Again irrelevant. Although I would indeed be impressed if any illegal aliens from the south speak two to four languages, and if they do, it is entirely their choice; as it should be ours.

76 posted on 03/04/2004 2:48:32 PM PST by Publius6961 (50.3% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks (subject to a final count).)
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