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Entry: The Lie of Assimilation Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_lie_of_assimiliation#8821 Post contents: @Karl Muck: <i>But is it unreasonable to say that the Middle Eastern Arab and Iranian Muslims hate us because of the Neocon policy?</i> Not at all. That's one reason, certainly, and for many of them, it's the main reason. But where have I suggested otherwise? <i>Do Kuwaiti, Indonesian, Bosnian, and Albanian Muslim’s hate us?</i> Some do, in fact. And don't forget that Osama bin Laden traveled throughout Eastern Europe in the 1990's on a passport issued by the Bosnian Muslim government. <i> Just change the words “Muslim” to “Irish” and “Islam” to “Catholic”, and could the same article could have been published by the Know Nothings in the 1840s?</i> Look, if you want to argue for open immigration, argue for open immigration. But these "Oh, my, you talk just like the people who would have kept my ancestors out" lines are not arguments; they're emotional outbursts at best. Immigration policy should be made in the best interests of the country. Period. If that meant that my German Lutheran ancestors were kept out in 1832, or my Polish Catholic ones at the end of the 19th century, it wouldn't have hurt my feelings. Especially since I wouldn't exist today. But unlike the kinds of people who whine about "exclusionary" immigration policies, I don't consider myself so important that the mere fact of my existence justifies open immigration. Sent at: 2008 07 04