[mikegi]

Pat has a point about illegal immigration and assimilation vs. multiculturalism.

People say that what happened in Beirut was a shame because, in the past, it was a shining example of a diverse, multicultural city.

[Cronos]

People say that what happened in Beirut was a shame because, in the past, it was a shining example of a diverse, multicultural city.

Beirut was NOT a multi-cultural city. It was a Lebanese city, it was a multi-religious city, but all the people were Semitic in origin.