Comments on: ‘An Immigrant Speaks on Immigration’ http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/07/02/immigrant-on-immigration/ A place for raw, uncensored ideas to be hurled about, recklessly... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: xanthippa http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/07/02/immigrant-on-immigration/#comment-355 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:03:22 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-355 Thank you, uk visa, for your comment.

However, I disagree.

Cultures change, that is true. Some changes are good, and some are bad – but change is inevitable.

What must NEVER change is our commitment to the protection of individual rights. That is, of the rights every single individual is entitled to, by virtue of being a human being. Unless we protect each individual, the most vulnerable of us will be opressed by the sub-groups they belong to.

]]> By: uk visa http://blog.xanthippas.com/2008/07/02/immigrant-on-immigration/#comment-354 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:19:13 +0000 http://xanthippaschamberpot.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-354 “Therefore, it is also imperative that we, the well-adjusted immigrants, oppose most vehemently and most vocally the erosion of values in the cultures of our adoptive homelands!!! We are the ones who MUST LEAD the forces that protect the cultures and customs whose protections we sought when we were the most vulnerable!”
Whilst I commend the sentiment I’m not sure I fully agree with you…
Erosion of values or changing values – the inevitable call of people all over the world at all stages of history has been ‘it’s not like it used to be’!
The ones that must lead – no, the value of a culture is the collective values of the culture; so everybody has to do their bit.
A civilised community should reach out and protect the most vulnerable. As long as we do that individually and collectively, we’ll all be doing OK.

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