Good thought. I have several immigrant relatives. The republican ones are alarmed that we are not universally the accalimed garden spot of the world any more and are targeted by Islamic terrorists for extinction. But being rational people and christians, they realize that reality bites no matter where you go and here is better than anywhere else, in the long run. ( They are Indians by way of England)
My liberal immigrant relatives (armenians by way of lebanon) belittle all things american, work for the government - Army as civillians, prefer anything french to american culture, educated their children in the most exclusive of Wash D.C. private schools (Holton Arms etc) and raised children to become the founder of, among other things, the Taco Bell boycott tour.
My impression of immigrants is this - if they "get it"----- "It" is the Judaeo-Christian western culture that has produced the most stable and family friendly culture in human civilization. If they feel alienated from all things christian then they will forever be basket cases living on US soil.
Moral of the story - raise your children in a christian environment and they won't feel like strangers in a strange land. There's nothing weirder than going to Sam's club in August on a 100+ degree day in Kansas City, Missouri and seeing american women dressed up in veils and chadors and acting islamic in order to assimilate themselves into an arab culture. It's a freak show.
No bishop, no king.
Moral of the story - raise your children in a christian environment and they won't feel like strangers in a strange land. There's nothing weirder than going to Sam's club in August on a 100+ degree day in Kansas City, Missouri and seeing american women dressed up in veils and chadors and acting islamic in order to assimilate themselves into an arab culture. It's a freak show."
What a stunning post! The conclusion was worth repeating. Thank you. It confirms my surmises.
When my spouse's ancestor penned the words:
"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God ...."
God was involved as initiator of the primary purpose and was not an after thought or an incidental intent. A nation that has lost the understanding of it's founding purpose has lost it's anchor and mooring.
And in this case, it's Protector.
I think most japanese are budhists and they seem family friendly and stable. I do agree that christian western culture seems to be a good one too.