[lit-ideas] Re: Londonistan
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:19:07 -0000
Apologies first to Lit-Ideas readers for the use of the vernacular.
Lawrence you are talking bollocks!
As we like to say over here from time to time.
"You should read how the Muslims getting away with almost anything they like
and the judges and cops are letting them so as not to seem racist."
Read what? A US author like Bauer or Berlinski? I'm amazed by their conception
of immigration policy when the US has such a problem with illegal immigration.
A problem, that is, until it props up the economy.
Without going into specifics though, I'm wondering whether this is all part of
an agenda. Not on Lawrence's part, that would be too flattering, but on a wider
scale.
What is it with Europe that Americans so want to get their teeth stuck into it?
What about history? No, that's too sensitive.
Politics? Enough said.
Competition perhaps? Europe's population has grown, its market is larger than
it was, its buying power has increased, and it now has a unified currency
(except for Britain). A larger market than the US, with its own currency and a
very developed and rich set of markets - or single market.
But that puts the emphasis on the positive aspects of Europe. On the reverse
side of the coin are the negative aspects of the US. Increasing debt,
diminishing healthcare coverage, overvaluation of the US Dollar, loss of jobs
to foreign markets, diminishing freedoms....
It's interesting that amongst the latest British immigrants are...Americans.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:19 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Londonistan
You should read how the Muslims getting away with almost anything they like
and the judges and cops are letting them so as not to seem racist. Technology
isn't helping the Europeans and their economy is own a downslope because of the
cost of entitlements (an enormous amount of which goes to Muslims on welfare).
Also, you should read how managed the press is in Europe. Bawer would compare
what he was reading in European papers (in regard to various major events) to
what he was getting on the internet from the U.S. and was amazed. Europeans
are being taught the U.S. is the great Satan - no irony was intended, just
disgust. This was one of the elements where I parted company with Fukuyama.
He was impressed that nations in the Middle East (with managed presses) and
Europe (with managed presses) didn't like us. Bawer thought Britain had the
freest press in Europe, but nations like the Netherlands and Sweden in thinking
they had Free Presses had presses that ranged from Far Left to Near Left. And
this is what makes some writers despair. Europe needs to have immigration
policies more like ours but they aren't being permitted to see us clearly;
which makes it even more likely that they will eventually go Fascist berserk
when they finally get fed up. It is not in our best interest to see that
happen to Europe, but I don't know what we can do about it. Perhaps Berlinski
will.
Lawrence
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