I've been to France several times, it's a beautiful country. I don't want to "Bash France"; but they have done a dismal job of handling their immigration. I understand they are a high-wage country with a slightly aging population; so I understand why many French companies would welcome cheep foreign labor. Immigration is a good thing, but any country has to follow two rules.
1. Let people into your country at a rate equal to your ability to absorb those new arrivals.
2. Have a clear path that brings them not just into the country; but into your society.
France did neither!
They opened flood gates at a rate greater than the economy's ability to absorb them, and more important while they let these Muslims in to France they never welcomed them in to the fabric of French couture.
The first rule of security is to draw a line; to delineate between "Inside the circle" and "Outside the circle". There was a reason that castles were built with motes, high-walls and drawbridges; it is far easier to fight a force that is "Out-side your walls" then to wage battle once they have gained access.While it was clearly not the intent of France, or other EU countries to create a Ghetto of disgruntled immigrants; that has been the result of their policies. Now many of these countries a facing the difficult question of what to do with a sizable population that rejects some of the basic tenets of which your country are based, and have flourished.
France for one, reacted by enacting laws to designed to keep Muslims from showing their faith, and trying to curtail their prominence. So I find little surprise that "France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday". I don't fault countries for wanting to "Draw a line" to maintain the secular pluralistic culture on which they were built. My problem with these new laws is that I believe them to be Ass-Backward; rather that try to stop people from practicing their faith, prohibit them from forcing their faith on anyone else.
Let them build a Masque, open a restaurant that does not sell alcohol, but then also strictly defend a Christian's right to open a wine bar that specializes in pork chops in the very next store front. Don't let the disgruntled immigrants use Freedom and Democracy against larger society, instead send a clear message that says "We welcome you into our country, but we demand you honor the rights and freedoms of all of our citizens. Ok France I understand why you feel the need to "Draw the line", your just drawing it in the wrong place.
1. Let people into your country at a rate equal to your ability to absorb those new arrivals.
2. Have a clear path that brings them not just into the country; but into your society.
France did neither!
They opened flood gates at a rate greater than the economy's ability to absorb them, and more important while they let these Muslims in to France they never welcomed them in to the fabric of French couture.
The first rule of security is to draw a line; to delineate between "Inside the circle" and "Outside the circle". There was a reason that castles were built with motes, high-walls and drawbridges; it is far easier to fight a force that is "Out-side your walls" then to wage battle once they have gained access.While it was clearly not the intent of France, or other EU countries to create a Ghetto of disgruntled immigrants; that has been the result of their policies. Now many of these countries a facing the difficult question of what to do with a sizable population that rejects some of the basic tenets of which your country are based, and have flourished.
France for one, reacted by enacting laws to designed to keep Muslims from showing their faith, and trying to curtail their prominence. So I find little surprise that "France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday". I don't fault countries for wanting to "Draw a line" to maintain the secular pluralistic culture on which they were built. My problem with these new laws is that I believe them to be Ass-Backward; rather that try to stop people from practicing their faith, prohibit them from forcing their faith on anyone else.
Let them build a Masque, open a restaurant that does not sell alcohol, but then also strictly defend a Christian's right to open a wine bar that specializes in pork chops in the very next store front. Don't let the disgruntled immigrants use Freedom and Democracy against larger society, instead send a clear message that says "We welcome you into our country, but we demand you honor the rights and freedoms of all of our citizens. Ok France I understand why you feel the need to "Draw the line", your just drawing it in the wrong place.
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