Are they still teaching you the melting pot myth over there? I
remember more than 20 years ago back at my schooldays they already
taught us that the more appropriate image was that of the salad bowl.

On 7 Jul., 02:10, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have to wonder why you picked the term "vermin", frankly. That's a
> pretty loaded word to imply was my intent or meaning. I am simply
> stating a fact that is quite obvious. And it does impact on our
> culture and politics. It's no different than what the Indian Nations
> dealt with with our arrival and expansion. We've been the "meltingpot" so we 
> might adapt gracefully to our minority status.
>
> On Jul 6, 1:31 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I have to wonder why you characterized it as being 'over-run' as
> > though they were vermin of some sort?
>
> > On Jul 5, 6:02 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Whites will become the minority in the future USA over-run by Blacks
> > > and Latinos.
>
> > > On Jul 5, 1:11 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > We may have started as one but we are many now and whether we will
> > > > ever be one again remains to be seen. Yet in another sense we are all
> > > > one since we had a common beginning but I doubt that is of any
> > > > inherent value. Since we are many what about I Ching? Shall we throw
> > > > I Ching out the window? (A small theft from Firesign Theatre, mea
> > > > culpa.)
>
> > > > On Jul 4, 3:08 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > We need a common point for the cooperation of unity to begin :-)
>
> > > > > peace & Love
>
> > > > > On Jul 4, 2:15 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > That's true Rigsy. But we're just learning those arts. And given a
> > > > > > dearth of cooperation, I'll opt for some co-dependency in small
> > > > > > doses. It's a reasonable substitute.
>
> > > > > > On Jul 3, 1:41 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > >
 > > There's a big difference between co-dependency and co-operation.-
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