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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Perhaps you should look up the definition for the word integration. Its a rather novel concept to people who entered our country illegally, and then demand we speak their language, make no attempt to learn ours, all the while demanding entitlements, and proudly flying the flag of a foreign country over ours. It is as inexcusable as it is unforgivable, and anyone who does that has no place here regardless of skin color.
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
-Theodore Roosevelt 1907
These are not Americans.

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Montebello? that sounds kinda Spanish doesn't it, I would assume that a Spanish sounding place would have Spanish speaking people.
So it must be the non Spanish speakers who are the ones who failed to integrate

Nice quote from Theodore, I wonder if he played any role in adding more Spanish speaking places to the US holdings?
If he had known how much you would dislike latinos from your early life in the formerly Spanish territory of California I am sure he wouldn't have gone riding roughly to help add more Hispanics to the pot
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Originally Posted by Phyrrus
Mr Tribesman, I really appreciate that you took the bother and replied to me, and analyzed my every word and clung on to my every mistake, be it ideological or grammatical, that showed to me that this matter is of a great importance to you, and that is enough for me
I do not want to change your way of thinking, i just want you to THINK, time and circumstances will do the rest. I do not expect you to understand me, you live in a relative safe country, in great confort, presumably with lots or at least enough money, while I was born in a poverty stricken, god forsaken country in eastern europe, and lived 20 years in the darkest communism - it cannot be for us to think the same. Twisted isnt it, that ME, the former immigrant, am trying to defend YOUR wellbeing against MY kind o people?  I think I will stop that and turn my energies into something more useful. Maybe I should go back to England with the next plane... hmmm, are there any good jobs for me in Galway?
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That's funny, Ireland is often described as a god forsaken poverty ridden country in Western Europe, and arguably has been since its creation.
Its people are certainly no strangers to all the issues involved with migration.
Is there any particular reason why you assume people don't think?
Your views however are ones that time and circumstance can change, as long as you think.