02-15-2011, 10:24 AM
Yeah.. RealJames pretty much summed up what I wanted to say to Sangetsu.
I want to add to though that the speeches of leaders of Germany France and England do not state fact.
They are all leaders of conservative parties who happen to be in power at the moment. They were making speeches that appealed to their base, in response to various internal pressures.
Which is not to say they didn't make some good points... they did... but they made a mistake when they said that "multiculturalism has failed". Mulitculturalism is a work in progress. It always has been and it will remain a work in progress for at least the next 100-200 years in my opinion (An educated guess nothing more).
If a policy fails it's not due to the goal of the policy but the implementation of the policy.
Saying multiculturalism has failed like commenting on a guy who jumped off a bridge with wings strapped to his arms, and saying "manned attempts at flight have failed".
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