G. M. Watson wrote:
> As for why comments like hers make the French authorities nervous, imagine
> what the political and social climate would be in the USA if nearly 10% of
> the urban population-- 30 million people-- were highly politicized Muslims,
> a fast-growing minority ripe for exploitation and recruitment by the likes
> of Al-Qaeda. That's the demographic situation in France today. If something
> similar was in place in the USA, I don't think Americans would be quite so
> ready to engage in the kneejerk anti-Arab discrimination so prevalent in
> American society, culture and politics, especially in recent years.
To what are you referring?
Arab-Americans aren't being discriminated against by anybody anywhere,
except for a *very* few highly publicized incidents (which are fewer in
number than the anti-Semitic incidents against synagogues and Jewish
cemeteries that occur regularly).
As for ARABS who aren't American citizens, they and all other foreigners
are here as our *guests*. And given their cavalier attitude so many of
them have toward staying in America long after their visas have expired,
those
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> attiude could prove unhealthy in the long run. The French have treated their
> Arab population like dogs for decades, and they may yet have to pay the
> price. Hatemongers like Bardot and Le Pen exacerbate people's fears and help
> to inflame an already potentially volatile situation. Trying to control that
> isn't PC, it's merely common sense.
--
Steven L.
"Reagan bolstered the U.S. military might to ruin the Soviet economy,
and he achieved his goal."
-- Gennady Gerasimov (top spokesman for the Soviet Foreign
Ministry during the 1980s)
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