11-06-2005, 01:24 PM
Blame liberals.
Assimilating into a new land/culture has always been a balance. You change your new home modestly and your new home changes you a lot.
Look at America(ignore the Amer-Indian issue, as there was no assimlation even considered there).
I know in my ancestory of Germans (PA Dutch) and Poles. They came in to America and lived in seperate communities but with in a few generations they are quite assimilated(the Germans took a bit longer, but basically the world moved slower before cars. trains and radio.)
I see the same thing today with many Hispanics in the US. We dont realize it always but over all Hispanics have assimilated very well into US culture.
I think in many ways the influx of Hispanics to the US is the most similar to the influx of Turks. North Africans and Middles Easterners to Europe. The the difference is both sides in the US are more open to assimilation.
And back to my bashing Liberals. Liberals arcoss the world have been very big on maintaining your old culture when you move. Frankly thats not the way humanity works. The notion puts an added stress on on the already difficult process of assimilation.
Assimilating into a new land/culture has always been a balance. You change your new home modestly and your new home changes you a lot.
Look at America(ignore the Amer-Indian issue, as there was no assimlation even considered there).
I know in my ancestory of Germans (PA Dutch) and Poles. They came in to America and lived in seperate communities but with in a few generations they are quite assimilated(the Germans took a bit longer, but basically the world moved slower before cars. trains and radio.)
I see the same thing today with many Hispanics in the US. We dont realize it always but over all Hispanics have assimilated very well into US culture.
I think in many ways the influx of Hispanics to the US is the most similar to the influx of Turks. North Africans and Middles Easterners to Europe. The the difference is both sides in the US are more open to assimilation.
And back to my bashing Liberals. Liberals arcoss the world have been very big on maintaining your old culture when you move. Frankly thats not the way humanity works. The notion puts an added stress on on the already difficult process of assimilation.