tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post8045495360102794638..comments2024-03-16T22:30:32.183-04:00Comments on Hampton New Hampshire Mad Dog Democrat: Cologne and The Graft vs. Host Reaction of ImmigrationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-59266240484334598482016-01-21T14:53:17.125-05:002016-01-21T14:53:17.125-05:00Maud,
Hadn't thought of this, but you are abs...Maud,<br /><br />Hadn't thought of this, but you are absolutely correct. <br />A Finnish friend of mine announced he was moving his family back to Finland and I was amazed. "But Veikko," I protested. "Your work here in the laboratory is going so well. How can you leave?" <br />And he pointed to a gaggle of kids from our department, at the picnic playing in a jungle gym. <br />"Look, there," he said. "Can you tell my kids from any of the others?"<br />"No, they all look like kids."<br />"American kids," he said. "They are forgetting they are Finnish."<br />I always thought that was a good thing, assimilation. <br />But some people do not want that and if they want to live here and retain their identity, we should celebrate that, too.<br />Being American has to do with shared values.<br />As Obama has said, "America is an idea. That's why you cannot kill it."<br />Mad Dogthe phantom speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629183077961716582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-28555648163527997852016-01-21T11:20:26.157-05:002016-01-21T11:20:26.157-05:00Mad Dog,
What about those immigrants-including man...Mad Dog,<br />What about those immigrants-including many Muslims-who do not, as you say "dress like us, talk like us, play on our teams," you're not suggesting they are not "as American as anyone else"-are you?..that only those that fully assimilate and blend it with the norm are "true" Americans..You can't be saying that, because then you would be sounding remarkably similar to the Donald and that's a troubling thought..No one would condone the abhorrent behavior of the thugs in Cologne, criminality is different than adopting all the trappings of the larger society. Even though trying to fit into the community has distinct benefits-it's not essential to being "American" is it?<br />Maudmaudnoreply@blogger.com