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SCOTS FED UP WITH IMMIGRANTS.
Scotland On Sunday. ^
| 4/28/02
| Jason Allardyce
Posted on 04/28/2002 2:20:21 PM PDT by scouse
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So long as they don't change the name of the Black Watch.
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posted on
04/28/2002 2:20:21 PM PDT
by
scouse
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To: abwehr
She said: "I am very concerned that the BNP could rise here. Scotland needs to be more comfortable with diversity."Why ?
Scotland for the Scots.
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posted on
04/28/2002 2:40:44 PM PDT
by
happygrl
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To: scouse
"Arshad, who is also Scotlands equal opportunities commissioner, said Scotland has been "in denial" over racism which is "rife" in this country and does not just exist "among yobs and BNP supporters"."
What is a yob? Sounds like some kind of bigoted name like redneck.
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posted on
04/28/2002 2:47:29 PM PDT
by
newwahoo
To: scouse
"Scotland needs to be more comfortable with diversity." I have the feeling that these new immigrants have not taken to wearing kilts, playing the bagpipes, and eating haggis. Instead, they retain the same cultural values of the crummy place they left; very likely, they are as resistant to assimilation as the new immigrants in the US are.
Besides, weren't there a lot of Scots in the forefront of the Enlightenment (Adam Smith and others)? Why do we have to change our culture to accomodate newcomers? Why can't they change to our culture? Hasn't anyone thought that the Third World might be a better place if not for many of the cultural practices of the inhabitants which too many people here are encouraging them to retain?
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posted on
04/28/2002 2:52:21 PM PDT
by
Tancred
To: newwahoo
To: scouse
"Arshad, who is also Scotlands equal opportunities commissioner, said Scotland has been "in denial" over racism which is "rife" in this country and does not just exist "among yobs and BNP supporters"." (Scotland On Sunday)
It's not "racism." It's just understanding that you cannot remain a distinct society - as Scotland historically has been from England - by allowing English-style mass settlement of Third Worlders into your society. What would be the "difference" between Scotland and England in a couple decades if Scotland had English levels of mass Third World immigration?
The Scots understand what the French showed they understood in the recent French election. Can France stay "French" if any significant share of its population is people whose primary language isn't French, who are some religion other than the historic religions of France (Catholic, Jewish, Protestant), and who don't relate to the key historic moments of France as "theirs?"
The Scots also understand one other thing - that, if Third World immigrants were such a "boon" to a country, their homelands would be eager to keep them and every other Western nation would want more!
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To: scouse
So, am I to understand now that if I were to support anything except totally open borders I'm a racist?
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:28:12 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: SoDak
....or a Libertarian.
To: SolitaryMan
Duck!
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:42:00 PM PDT
by
facedown
To: SoDak
So, am I to understand now that if I were to support anything except totally open borders I'm a racist? That is correct. If you have a concern for your race then you are a racist. Race should be irrelevant to you. Even if other races show a dislike for your race and are protective of their race you should not notice and dont talk about it.
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:42:36 PM PDT
by
PuNcH
To: abwehr
You do know that Arab immigrants to the US have a quite high socio economic status don't you? Heck, I read in the LA Times that 80% of the Korean shop owners in south central Los Angeles have college degrees from Korea. The erroneous sweeping generalizations around here by folks who don't know the facts, and are just indulging their perjudices, is getting quite old.
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posted on
04/28/2002 3:45:55 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: glc1173@aol.com
Well stated.
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To: scouse
There is a tendency for immigrants to be the most ambitious and innovative of their native populace. [Why else would they pull up stakes and move to an unfamiliar country and (perhaps) an unfamiliar language.] Would it not be better for the country of origin to retain these people, as they are precisely the individuals who are most likely to make beneficial change?
Cuba is a prime example of this. By allowing unrestricted immigration of those opposed to Castro, the U.S. has effectively removed any possible anti-Castro opposition in Cuba; the potential leaders of an anti-Castro uprising are now in Miami and largely out of touch with what is occurring in Cuba.
To: abwehr
I was speaking of Arab immigrants, not Mexican immigrants. In fact, the same is true of Islamic immigrants in general, and there have been about 500,000 of them I would guess in the last 10 years. Your vanguard comment is correct however, but has not yet manifested itself with Muslim immigrants that are so continually bashed on this board. Indeed, except for Mexico (and perhaps a couple of central american countries), immigrants to the US from just about everywhere tend to be rather upscale. Our immigration laws should not give such a preference to the relatives thing though.
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:04:39 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: scouse
All too often racism is charged when what really exists is a justifiable disdain for imported bottom-feeders of any derivation....
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:15:48 PM PDT
by
tracer
To: Torie
Free Scotland.
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:17:29 PM PDT
by
CIApilot
To: abwehr
Opening up a restaurant or a market hardly improves the economic growth or prosperity of the host nation it only recycles the existing wealth over a larger pool of people. Actually, creating wealth is exactly what that does. Your lack of Economic education is showing.
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posted on
04/28/2002 4:26:14 PM PDT
by
tcostell
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