Because rampant nationalism and religious rhetoric lead to the rise of the Nazi regime.
No one said that integrating multiple religions, races, languages and cultures was going to be easy. Quite the opposite, actually. We know it will be difficult, and we struggle to struggle to succeed because we have already lived through the alternatives. In fact, Islam stopped nation-building in the 13th century and retracted efforts to integrate with the outside world and moving values, and has led to the situation we have today. (Other than Iran, of course, which integrated quite nicely through the 70's, and then opted to return to a conservative theocracy. I won't even start to lay out what caused that.) Unfortunately, voters don't want to be told that anything will be difficult, or cost money. They elect politicians that tell them all their problems are someone else's fault. It's disheartening that the shame of Nazi and nationalistic atrocities has faded so quickly in Germany. They set out to make an example of how far they could distance themselves from them, and now they're gobbling up the same lies. Self-pity is the root of all evil. -- Michael On 2010-10-16, at 5:05 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: > What's wrong with asking immigrants to better integrate into German society? > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> The Germans are talking about who is and isn't "German enough" again.... >> >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11559451> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
