Tim Cook <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote:
> "ho hum, I don't 
> really like these immigrants, they're taking our jobs and diluting our 
> culture the way cultures have been being diluted and turned into what 
> are really other cultures since forever"

  Btw, I find this cliche quite curious, given that the real problem is
more or less the exact opposite.

  The problem is not that they are "taking our jobs", but that they are
not taking any jobs at all. For example here there are some groups of
immigrants with over 60% of unemployment, and as much as some people
would like to, all of it cannot be explained by racism and discrimination.
(One argument pro heavy immigration is that the labour force is increased.
However, 60% unemployment doesn't increase labour force, but the opposite.)

  Also "diluting our culture" would implicate that they are integrating
into the hosting culture and adding elements of their own. The real problem
is that they are *not* integrating and are segregating themselves on their
own will, isolating themselves from the surrounding culture. They do not
contribute. This only causes problems.

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                                                          - Warp

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