09-27-2012, 05:53 PM
I am sorry if I come across as provocative. It is not intended (in this thread :/ ). I am trying to understand your pov, and I am giving you mine. That's all.
Anyway - is there really ONE American Way of Life? If yes, I cannot recall ever having seen a definition. You have so many different subcultures, hell, even those of the same origin are so different depending on where in the US they live. Have the Chinese people completely integrated? Or the Amish? Can you honestly say that an African-American in the North has the same culture as a WASP?
Neither you nor I live in France, so frankly, I don't care about the French right now. If anything, it would only illuminate the fact that there is a need to communicate about it and try to find ways to deal with the problem.
This may very well be true. Problem is - now they are here (err, at your place... nah, we have similar problems, here applies), so what is the most peaceful way to deal with it?
Anyway - is there really ONE American Way of Life? If yes, I cannot recall ever having seen a definition. You have so many different subcultures, hell, even those of the same origin are so different depending on where in the US they live. Have the Chinese people completely integrated? Or the Amish? Can you honestly say that an African-American in the North has the same culture as a WASP?
Neither you nor I live in France, so frankly, I don't care about the French right now. If anything, it would only illuminate the fact that there is a need to communicate about it and try to find ways to deal with the problem.
Quote:Our problem, IMO, was letting them all in. Too many, too soon.
This may very well be true. Problem is - now they are here (err, at your place... nah, we have similar problems, here applies), so what is the most peaceful way to deal with it?