I'm one of those Irish dudes, but I look, eat, talk and act pretty much like all the Germans, and Italians, and second or third generation Hispanic and eastern Europeans around me.
Why? > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:59 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Islamic Question > > > tBone wrote: > > Now, you move to America, buy a house and a car, run a software company, > why > > don't you get some new clothes? Why is there no attempt to melt into > our, > > umm, pot? > > Well, there never was. Look at all of the "Chinatowns" and "Little > Italys" we have all over the country. The first generation never > "melts" and sometimes not the second or third. > > The 1st generation likes the money and life, but longs for their > culture so they keep it. The next generation just wants to fit in, so > they might start to become "American". > > It's all an identity thing. Immigrants are proud of their heritage > and somewhat guilty for leaving. Go into any Irish bar and tell an > Irishman who's great-great-grandparents were immigrants that the Irish > suck. He'll swing everytime. He still thinks he's Irish! Pffft. > The Irish. > > Anyway, what makes us American is our love for liberties and the > equality of capitalism rather than a common dress or food. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
