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IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO ACTUALLY SEE THE RESULTS OF A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT…...

But, Europe right now is your opportunity…...

I refer to the question of the form “What would happen if we were more “MULTICULTURAL”; if we didn’t “force” people who come to America to assimilate; if we allowed (or even helped) them to “celebrate their differences” from boring old us…..?”

Well, the experiment has been run, and the results are becoming plain:

The French capital has an intifada unfolding on its doorstep. For 11 nights running, garbage containers and vehicles have been burning in Departement Seine-Saint-Denis. Night after night, gangs of teenagers storm through their neighborhoods, throwing Molotov cocktails into carpet shops and nursery schools, turning vehicles into bonfires—250 in one night, then 315 the next night, and 500 the next….French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin remained silent on the matter for five days, creating the impression that they were passively looking on as the violence threatened to vaporize Sarkozy’s political ambitions. But then they recognized that the dramatic events in Clichy-sous-Bois could in fact pose a grave danger for the entire republic….The rioters are the children of immigrants from North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Schools have been on holiday in France, giving these youths even more time on their hands, and it’s also the end of the Ramadan fasting period, a time when nerves are already on edge. Their rebellion is directed against anything that even remotely reminds them of state authority, even the mailman. They are beyond reason, and no one, not their parents, not their teachers and least of all the authorities can get through to them. Social divisions in today’s French society run along ethnic and religious lines, and they also signify deep cultural rifts. The ideal of the French republic—the nation as a community of the willing, of citizens who enjoy equal rights, regardless of their ethnic origins or religious beliefs—is giving way to a volatile co-existence among communities that want to retain their identities and live according to their own rules. The official French position has always been to condemn multiculturalism—and yet the state must now deal with the consequences.

Perhaps we can learn some lessons vicariously…..and not insist on re-running the experiment here? Pay attention to your politicians, folks…..not just what they SAY, but what they vote for and against. Actions speak louder than words - or, You Are What You Do.

If you have the stomach for it, READ THE WHOLE THING

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