Do you believe this?

Opinion Journal ^ | 9/9/2002

[ArcLight]

According to James Taranto's column today, THIS is the poster being displayed by Islamic fanatics in London gathering to CELEBRATE the Sept. 11 attack.

[Calico Cat]

How do the British feel about the masses of Third-World immigrants who have been landing on their shores for the last twenty years? Is there the same cultural divide in England as there is in the U.S.: the people being overwhelmingly in favor of limiting immigration, while the politicians allow it to go on?

My opinion: this is what socialized medicine has wrought. The Baby Boomers never bothered to reproduce and to replace their numbers, so their retirement would be a financial disaster for any nation that didn't allow in untold numbers of immigrants to pay for the old folks' medical care.

[MadIvan]

How do the British feel about the masses of Third-World immigrants who have been landing on their shores for the last twenty years?

In my opinion, the feelings range from mild resentment to simmering dislike.

Is there the same cultural divide in England as there is in the U.S.: the people being overwhelmingly in favor of limiting immigration, while the politicians allow it to go on?

Yes.

My opinion: this is what socialized medicine has wrought. The Baby Boomers never bothered to reproduce and to replace their numbers, so their retirement would be a financial disaster for any nation that didn't allow in untold numbers of immigrants to pay for the old folks' medical care.

Not really. What happens is this - as societies become more affluent, birth rates generally go down. It is becoming more and more expensive to raise a child as we become wealthier (I know that sounds odd, but a child 30 years ago didn't need an XBox) and birth control is more readily available.

Socialised medicine hasn't helped, but it is a function of affluence I believe.

Regards, Ivan

[Celtman]

Enlighten them over their holy city of Mecca, with the light of a thousand suns!

      Could be an aniversary memorial.

[sheik yerbouty]

Sure hope so!

[muir_redwoods]

Actually, I've read that Saddam is looking for the ingredients for a nuclear bomb. It might just be helpful if we dropped a few completed ones somewhere in his neighborhood

[Ima Lurker]

Excellent idea!

[Spottys Spurs]

"Since we know who they are, who they support, and where they will be and when, why don't we just go get the S.O.B.s when they have their little party?"

Amen! Time to make them all pay dearly. Make them ALL glass!