Merkel says German multicultural society has failed

First France bans Bhurka's and now this.......

She said multikultur doesnt work, so the minorities need to integrate better.

Not seeing a problem here.

You rock, Angie. Germany should have made the foreign workers get temp visas that can be revoked at any time when they are no longer needed - that's the whole point of a foreign worker program.

So... The third requirement for the commencement of the final solution is cleared.

No comparison. The Jews dwelt among them for centuries and tried to fit in becoming very secular and liberal minded, and some even converted to Christianity. Many of the greatest thinkers and scientists of Europe were Ashkenazi.

Now, on the other hand, we have other non European groups coming into Europe that they be given this special right or that special consideration. They then riot and demand that their hosts appease them, if they feel slighted by the beliefs and traditions of said Europeans.

Multiculturalism is a poorly understood utopian concept.

It is not only unattainable, but also self-defeating for a country which tries to embrace or enforce it.

Multiculturalism literally aks the new immigrant not to assimilate in the host country. Its proponents say: keep your culture, keep your original identity, keep your language, keep everything that you were in the country you have left.

How on earth can we build a unified country (Canada comes to mind) if we have dozens of newcomer nationalities doing the above? This philosophy is the cause of ghettos, not because the host country segregates its new immigrants.

Owing zero loyalty to the adopting country and being more interested in the goings on "back home" than what happens here and now, these are recipes for an degradation of the country's own identity, unity, loyalty of its citizens and dedication to make this place the best.

Immigration demands from the newcomer to do his/her best to adjust to this country's way of life. You cannot live with 'one foot' here and the other foot "back home". Home is a place the new immigrant has chosen to leave, with whatever this implies.

By all means speak your old tongue inside your home and practice whatever religion you like. But in the public sphere, loyalty to the adoptive country and a feeling of kinship with its existing population are a must. Otherwise society will breed resentful, alien and isolated groups, who actually look out from their little bastions with hostility at the country which was kind enough to let them start a new life.

And being an immigrant by necessity expects the newcomer to start a new life; nothing less.

Excellent point. It stresses why people are different and promotes remaining different, rather than mixing and creating something new. Before the advent of multiculturalism as an offial policy, people became ...non hyphenated Canadians for the most part. It was during this time that a true identity emerged in the world, something took pride in and others respected. We were seen as a beacon of hope and a sanctuary, not accused of being a haven for those who would destroy the way of life our antecedents fought and died for.

Multiculturalism is not a problem in North America. Hell, the US and Canada would not exist without it. Europe is an entirely different issue though. They've been Unicultural for so long that they really have no idea how to deal with other Cultures living amongst them.

His point is Wrong, dead wrong. Ghettos are Economic in nature, not Cultural.

His point is Wrong, dead wrong. Ghettos are Economic in nature, not Cultural.


Do you know the origins of the word and where the term was first used?? Maybe you should learn a little before you open your gob.

Fail.

Obviously he's never heard of central and eastern Europe.

Its not working here either. We have ethnic sub culture groups. Neighbourhoods of Chinese, Greeks, Italians etc. Integration is the only way for this to work. Also immigrants should have to pledge allegiance to Canada and be willing to accept being apart of Canadian society, leaving their baggage and problems behind them.
Meaning the political issues of the home country that they are escaping.

She's right and gutsy for coming out saying that against the tide of political correctness, try saying that here.