[DentsRun]

1. But the Arabs don't want to assimilate. They want to destroy Israel, all of it.

I think for many Palestinians that's true. On the other hand, Sharon wants to drive all the Palestinians across the Jordan River. Furthermore, a recent Maariv poll shows that half all Israelis do too.

America is a fairly unique contry. Most countries are based on nationality. You would erase this. That is not tolerance any more than forcing interracial marriges would be.

Does this mean you want the United States to return to an immigration policy which discriminates on the basis of ethnicity? The last time we had such a policy (1965)American Jews fought long, hard and successfully to change the law. Do you really want to turn back the clock?

That is not tolerance any more than forcing interracial marriges would be.

I'm talking about having an imigration policy which ignores ethnicity and religion. That doesn't mean just because someone of a different ethnicity/religion was admitted to your country that you are required to marry them. Maybe you could live next door to them, go bowling with them, and invite them to help you celebrate your wedding to someone you freely chose.

[rmlew]

i wrote:

But the Arabs don't want to assimilate. They want to destroy Israel, all of it.

DentsRun wrote:
I think for many Palestinians that's true. On the other hand, Sharon wants to drive all the Palestinians across the Jordan River. Furthermore, a recent Maariv poll shows that half all Israelis do too.

1. Please cite.
2. If so, I imagine that terrorism has caused a backlash.

America is a fairly unique contry. Most countries are based on nationality. You would erase this. That is not tolerance any more than forcing interracial marriges would be.

Does this mean you want the United States to return to an immigration policy which discriminates on the basis of ethnicity? The last time we had such a policy (1965)American Jews fought long, hard and successfully to change the law. Do you really want to turn back the clock?
1. I took the US out of the debate on nationality. What part of unique and most don't you get?
2. I want all immigration reduced to assimilate immigrants. This is entirely irrelevent.
3. Jew supported the 1965 law and it is to our detriment. The importation of 4 million Muslims is not in the interest of American Jews. Balkanizing America is not in our interest.

That is not tolerance any more than forcing interracial marriges would be.

I'm talking about having an imigration policy which ignores ethnicity and religion. That doesn't mean just because someone of a different ethnicity/religion was admitted to your country that you are required to marry them. Maybe you could live next door to them, go bowling with them, and invite them to help you celebrate your wedding to someone you freely chose.

1. This changes the nature of the culture and people. It is a forced mixing of peoples.
2. In the case of Israel it would be suicide.