[Lessismore]

The sovereign countries of Continental Europe and Great Britain are products of unique histories and rich cultural distinctiveness. Each country's language, art, literature, philosophy, music, architecture, cuisine, and mores reflects the uniqueness of each country's history.

This amazing diversity is to be replaced with an artificial creation that has no history and no language.

This pretty much sums up what happened to our ancestors when they emmigrated to the United States. Most of us descend from continental Europe, but after a couple of generations, our ethnic identities have been subsumed into American mass culture, which, I suppose, could be described as "an artificial creation that has no history and no language". But was it such a bad thing?

[meenie]

The key word is assimilated. Most of the European immigrants came here for a better life and to get away from the problems they left. They assimilated and rejected the systems they left to make a better future for themselves and their children.

Our newest immigrants refuse to assimilate because they come here to work the system and have no respect for the ideals of the American dream. They reject the laws because they came here in defiance of the law and continue to have no respect for a nation that does not uphold their own laws.