By "religious rhetoric" I believe you mean anti-semitism. And then there is that decidedly anti-religious science called eugenics based on Darwinism those whacky Germans used to justify Jewish genocide.
Funny the extent that some on the left will go to defend their favorite religion. If they keep it up, they may even be forced to practice it some day! Perhaps if Canadians had their own culture worth defending they'd better understand why Europeans are so concerned about being overwhelmed by Muslims and their imported culture and sharia law. On Oct 16, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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.
