Why immigrants come to our western countries & don't respect our values, religon, culture & way of life ?
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I have just recently moved out of Melbourne an Australian capital city  because it is like going to Hong Kong on a daily basis.\nMelbourne as a city has several suburbs  Richmond,Footscray,\n Box Hill,  That have become almost entirely immigrant suburbs.\nBad luck to the people that used to live there before most of them have sold up and moved on.One really good joke though is that immigrants have started moving into Toorak and South Yarra\nwhere once only the very rich folks lived.\nPeople in Sydney know what i am talking about too\nAnd tonight I see the muslim mufti saying he is a muslim first not an Australian   which will probably in the papers here tomorrow\nAustralia is a very tolerent nation but i think we have had about enough \n time for the stupid goverment to stop giving our country away
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People are to concerned with being politically correct or socially accepting. They don't want to follow the Bible they want to follow society!
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I understand your question, but, unfortunately the answer isn't an easy one.  Apparently you disagree with the type cast or stereotype.  But, look around the world.  That is the choice that their culture has made.  SInce the early seventies I have spent several months in the middle east nations for a variety of reasons.  And yes, I have met some very wonderful people.  However, throughout that part of the world there is a constant undercurrent of hatred for the west... the devil... the evil of democratic western countries and that list is topped by the U.S.  Which leaves us in a precarious position as a society.  We don't understand why they hate us, but they do.  So it is natural as culture to hate back.  So goes the viscious cycle.
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As an American who about five years ago moved from her home country I may be able to put some light on this in general. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say in my case. Number one you may have answered a big part of it when you said we need to know more than what we see on television. Many many people get their ideas about things that way.  Not purposely of course. You don't sit and watch tv and conciously decide this is how it is but subconciously you can't really help it if you are subjected to it constantly.\n\nI was born a into a middle class american family in the last year of the fifties and was raised in school saying the pledge of allgience every day.  Singing God bless america blah blah blah.America is such a big country that it is almost too easy to forget there is " the rest of the world " out there.  About five years ago I moved to England to marry an English man and I have to say that so many of my beliefs have changed.  I have learned so much more about other peoples lives and their past.  I know that ENgland is another western country so I realize that it isn't so different however I do come into contact with people from so many different places here. Where I work my first best friend was from India. She was so sweet and so very intelligent. She learned what we did a lot quicker than I did even though english was her second language and she had to help me several times. I work with many many young muslim people and they are the nices group of kids. They are much more respectful than many others I have known. ANd just because I have always loved people we get a lot of conversations and I find out that very few of them agree that the terrorist things we have seen are right.\n\nI will not say that I understand and agree with everything I hear but you know what facinating thing I did learn.  That just because someone is from America doesn't automatically mean that what they say, believe or promote is right.  And ironically I meet some of those people here that automatcically hate me because I am american.  When I first moved here that was so hard but now I understand. It is no different than the average person hating "muslims" because of Bin laden.\n\nI dont' know if I answered your questions or not. I may have understood it on a different level than you meant but what I got was that  Americans gave an inflated sense of country, that they are the best, almost like why can't everyone else see if they would just do what the americans want every thing would be ok lol.  It is because we were raised thinking that was true and until something happened in our lives to question that we didn't know.\n\nThe thing about God bless america, I have to say my husband and I joke all the time.  When I am on my high horse he will say ( again him being English) oh yeah, I forgot God blesses america and I respond, only when he isn't busy saving the Queen :)\n\nPeace\nChristina
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IMMIGRANTS, NOT BRITON'S, MUST ADAPT.  Take It Or Leave It.  I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture.  Since the terrorist attacks on London, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Brits.  However, the dust from the attacks has barely settled and the "politically correct" crowd begin complaining about the possibility that our patriotism is offending others.  I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone\nwho is seeking a better life by coming to Britain. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand.  This idea of London being a multicultural\ncommunity has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity.  As Britons, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.  This culture has been developed over centuries of wars, struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and\nwomen who have sought freedom.  We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language.  Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!\n\n"In God We Trust" is our National Motto.  This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan.  We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly\ndocumented.  It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools.  If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.\n\nIf the union Flag offends you, or you don't like " A Fair Go", then You should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet.  We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from.\n\nThis is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this.  But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our National Motto, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great British freedom, "THE RIGHT TO LEAVE".  If you aren't happy here then b*gger off!  We didn't force you to come here.  You asked to be here.  So accept the country YOU accepted.  Pretty easy really, when you think about it.\nI figure if we all keep passing this to our friends (and enemies) it Will also, sooner or later get back to the complainers, lets all try, please.
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Yes, I would also get sad hearing this, if it was true.\n\nUsually there is no good trying to push your own culture down on the throat of people from another culture. It only brings anarchy and violence and hidden aggression that will erupt again and again in the future like a volcano - see Gaza region... hummm!\nNo comment.\n\nIs it this why you want to emigrate, are you Iraki? :)\nPerhaps muslim, too?\nCause if they wanted to convert my country to a new religion, maybe I also would take all I have and I would not stop before Australia or Iceland, nay, I swear to Allah or God or however you call him, I wouldn't!!!\n\nNo fears here, I am a neutral and international kid. European. Free thinker.\n\nOkay, thanx for 10 points, anyway! It was a nice surprise. This week it was the second best answer I got!\n:)
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We shouldn't "bow down" to anyone. We are american citizens, most of us 2nd or 3rd generation foreign-born. Our ancestors had to deal with racism and religion problems and the language difference, and so should immigrants now. If they want us to do anything for them, they should learn English and about our culture and take the Citizenship Test, then we'll go from there.
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You live in the West, you abide by Western laws. It's really that simple. If you want to walk around in a Darth Vader outfit, move to a Muslim country.
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It is very important - with so many different\nimmigrants from all over the world.\nIf we know how they life we might understand\ntheir culture better and we do not need to criticize\nthey way of live. Everybody will get along better.
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They should stay away from western religions then.  If you ask me, the west has a lot to learn from the east.  They pretty much got rid of all the religions that related man to nature.  Western religion is about seperating and defining man as this or that, as completely detached from this universe.\n\nAlso, western religion just adds another filter in which to view reality.  A better analogy might be they give you a little religion box to fit your life in and tell you anything outside the box is bad.
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You hit the nail on the head,other countries always claim that we are arrogant and we are too religious or not religious enough,we are too strict or not strict enough.They way I look at it..,dont worry about my backyard until you clean your own.
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Protect your country and your British identity.  I have visited your beautiful country and I fell in love on my first visit.  I don't know enough about your govt. policies but I have seen on the BBC world news and websites that you are having problems with radical Muslim groups.  I think that every country has a right to control its borders and let in who they want.  The west is losing it's identity.  If immigrants are leaving their countries to find a better life in the US, UK, FR ... then they must make an effort to integrate fully into the culture in which they are moving to.  I hope that our nations say enough is enough.  good luck.
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Your attitude makes me sick! It's a wonder anyone outside the U.S. would want to come here- legally or illegally, when they have to deal with people with so much hatred in their hearts toward foreigners. You think it's all "a game" to them? You think it's "easy" for them to make a life here? You're very wrong. You haven't walked a mile in any one of their shoes, have you? So what makes you the expert on what they think and feel? You are stereotyping an entire culture (or two!) and that's really unfair. You know what I think? We would live in a better world if we had "no borders" dividing any of us! But, if we absolutely HAD TO, we should take haters like you and put them on an island , and far from any other land! Then maybe the rest of us could live in peace.
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Great question, Yes the younger genreration is going down the/......, I am in the middle east and here there is no respect what so ever an man could get either from, kids or elders , the expats are treated as dirt, especially to thoese who  come from the Sub continent, or Africa
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i live in the uk, and i believe we have to remember that 'immigrants' may have 'small regard' for life in our countries. merely because our governments have make it so easy for them to come into countries, and want to pass on jobs we can no longer be bothered to do and deem as below us, to those who are very willing to work.\nthere is always going to be a stigma and perception to all cultures. there is always going to be good and bad in all cultures. someone will definetly find something to say.\nmexicanc,blackes, whatever really....\njust live your life and chill out a bit. :)
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The reasons why I do not "like" you: Because your not American; because you didn't come into my country legally; because you are depressing the wages by working for piddle; because you live in small apartments with several people crammed in every room; and because you expect me to adapt to you instead of you adapting to my country.  You would be surprised how welcoming we are to people who come over the right way--legally.  But since you cheated and decided to break our laws, I could generally care less about your liberty or happiness.
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who cares..??? as long as they stay out of america.....theres just something wrong with them going to countries that they have a philisophical difference with...im not going to go live somewhere where i am not going to assimilate or where im going to hate their religions or governments...\ni just dont get why muslims do this...just like mexicans..if they want a better life, make it in their own country...