[Clive]

Michael Coren ping.

[NonValueAdded]

Oh, "They came ..." for a minute there it sounded like one of those dreadful emails with the randomly generated bits of prose to get past the email filters. You know, like "Toast on Snow gently" or "hey came from Walthamstow." :)

[Steel Wolf]

The enormously successful British idea of what is best described as an "assimilation blanket" simply does not succeed with a significant number of young Muslims.

In order to assimilate immigrants, you need to have a society that believes in itself. European countries laugh at America's gung-ho self esteem and overt patriotism, but in reality, it's just an expression of our confidence. Europeans no longer believe in their heritage, and see themselves tainted by capitalism, colonial pasts, and a wide variety of liberal sins.

Any culture that loses faith in itself will not assimilate others; it will be absorbed by them. Say what you will about Islam, but it's not lacking in identity or pride. That's why, once an Islamic minority gets beyond a certain percentage, it will start to become aggressive.

A liberal, politically correct culture simply confirms what Islamists believe. Namely, that Western culture knows that it is decadent and wrong, and fears offending the true believers. PC hand wringing is seen correctly as an expression of guilt, and interpreted by Muslims to be an admission of guilt. Islamists feel no such remorse, because they don't think they're wrong.

[GMMAC]

Odd that Coren's piece is in the National Post ???

I wondered if he was abruptly gone from the Sun chain but checked and his home page is still on its website - so who knows?

PING!

[GMMAC]

Happened to be talking to Rory Leishman a while ago & he's under the impression Coren's deal with Sun Media permits him to sell his stuff elsewhere when he sees fit.

Guess that took a wee bit of the sting out of radio station CFRB gassing him a while back?

BTW, Rory agreed the posted article above is among Coren's best writing so it's a pity it hasn't garnered a bit more interest on FR.