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>> "Some people think that immigrants have an obligation to culturally assimilate
>> with their chosen nation, others think they don't.">> While I think resistance to learning the native language and the attempts at
>> changing the alphabet are stupidities, I think you are missing something here. >> Culture is not static or homogenous. It is the sum (quadratic equation?) of all
>> parts, which includes past and present immigrants. Trying to change it by force
>> (like decreeing Turkish a second language in schools) is wrong, as are racial
>> quotas in those schools. But suggesting there is any obligation to "assimilate"
>> (which means what, exactly?) is also wrong. We are not Borg. If you are prepared to deny these people all forms of welfare and other special
treatment because of needs created by their failure to understand local
culture, then I agree. But please don't say say it's their right to create
need, and then their right to be rewarded for that need out of my pocket. A client company of mine recently received a job application from someone with
a Muslim name (yes, one of the very common ones), which began 'A
prayer for a job.' They didn't feel very inclined to employ him, I don't
feel very inclined to pay him unemployment benefits. That is simply not the way
business is done here. Attempting to get a job that way is his right, as long
he doesn't expect me to pay for his failure to do so.
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