Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I left the states 26 years ago. Now ... when I was in Chicago back in the seventies you would see the odd Latin american that was brought in to pick strawberries. Now there are thriving radio and television stations broadcasting only Spanish (and the quality of food has risen a lot ... one is not only referred to MacDonalds anymore). So ... if you use your simple mathematics you will be able to figure out that by about the year 2025, English will be a minority language in the US (others of done this calculation, mostly church organizations involved in social work ...). I'm not saying it's bad. It's just the the WASP will soon be history, and nothing more than that :) > >I thought in large part that had already taken place. The hushed secret > >that is really no secret at all is that Europe's culture has already > >been irreversibly altered by emigration. It can be argued whether that's > >good or bad, but it's hard to argue against what anyone can see with his > >eyes: parts of France look as much like Turkey as France. Same with > >England and Italy. And since the birth rate of Europe is still > >declining, it's only a matter of mathematics before most of Europe's > >historical past becomes just that, history. > >Heavens! I trust that you have given your contribution to the "Martin >Bormann Decline of Western Civilization Fund"? I have been told that you >are an officer in the "Kill the Immigrants" movement? Is that true? > >Alan, my folks got here before their were immigration standards, and thank >heavens for that, else no one would have had them. But, we were here early >and in some strength and my ancestors let you guys in. Be happy for that. > >I am an advocate, a strong advocate, of open borders on immigration, caused >in large measure by my understanding that, 250 years back, no thinking >polity would ever have admitted my folks. But they did, and we've sort of, >kind of, settled into the USian society. To my knowledge, none of my >family have suffered the shame of being hounded back across that northern >border into the Dominion of Lost Causes. <and he grins: Canada has >magnificent micro-brew beers and, well, a few nice guys, and well ... Er, >Want to talk CIVILIZATION? What about the Congo, or Lower Slobbovia, or >the Seventh Precinct of Patagonia? People live there, so these must be >real.> > >Marc > > > >msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 >Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html