It is just as important that we do identify ourselves as immigrants to ‘the mainstream culture’ - in order to make people see that immigrants CAN successfully integrate! And, of course, to reassure them that we came here BECAUSE of their culture and customs, and that we, the immigrants, want them preserved at all costs!!!
Therefore, it is also imperative that we, the well-adjusted immigrants, oppose most vehemently and most vocally the erosion of values in the cultures of our adoptive homelands!!! We are the ones who MUST LEAD the forces that protect the cultures and customs whose protections we sought when we were the most vulnerable!
The rest at Xanthippa's Chamberpot.
PS. Rumour has it that Xanthippa will be launching a Section 13(1) complaint against herself shortly.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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Thank you, Blazing Catfur!
The way you worded your PS. makes it sound way better than my formulation.... which, of course, is still incomplete (you know us Aspies and immigrants to boot, it takes us a long time to figure out how to express things, and even then we often miss the 'tone' we intended).
But, I have conceptualized it as a Section 13(1) complaint against Section 13(1)...
Thank you, Blazing Catfur!
The way you worded your PS. makes it sound way better than my formulation.... which, of course, is still incomplete (you know us Aspies and immigrants to boot, it takes us a long time to figure out how to express things, and even then we often miss the 'tone' we intended).
But, I have conceptualized it as a Section 13(1) complaint against Section 13(1)...
Most immigrants are in the minority. The majority set the moral tone of a country and the media tend to set the tone of the majority...
If the culture of the homeland is worth protecting then it is the collective responsibility of the majority to do it; the minority cannot dictate it.
However, don't expect much help from the media - bad news always sold more newspapers than good news!
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