[extropy-chat] Re: riots in France

[Dirk Bruere]

On 11/11/05, Fred C. Moulton <moulton at moulton.com> wrote:
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> If we are considering "riots in France" as the subject line says then I
> suggest caution in focusing primarily on the religion of the rioters.
> The reason that I say this is that there are obvious counter examples.
>
> For example, I live in the Silicon Valley (San Jose specifically) and
> there are many Muslims here. They are not rioting and burning cars.
> They have jobs and families and homes just like everyone else. And they
> are not isolated in public housing as I read is the case in much of
> France. This is not say that there is no racism here in Silicon Valley

 All that means is that they haven't reached the critical mass that makes
self segregation and non-integration feasible.
 Try importing half a million, nostly unskilled non English speakers, in the
space of less than 20yrs and see what happens.

Dirk
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