VLVL II: "What is Fascism?" (fwd)

[Ghetta Life]

>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>To put things a little simplistically, France is up against a problem the 
>U.S. is less plagued by. The French State under the guidance of Chirac 
>feels under quite a bit of pressure to guard against dilution of French 
>culture and loss of national cohesion. This is what's largely behind the 
>headscarf business.
>
>From: Richard Fiero <rfiero at pophost.com>
>http://wais.stanford.edu/France/france_muslimunwillingnesstobeassimilated51103.html
>" . . . Like the US, France thought of itself as a melting pot, but the 
>Muslims there seem determined to remain a foreign element in the body 
>politic. For women, the headscarf has become the symbol of this 
>determination. . ."

The French desire to "guard against dilution of French culture" is pathetic 
IMHO.  What we're really talking about is subjugation of a minority out of a 
fear of loss of personal identity, actually the manifestation of an 
inferiority complex, which we've seen manifestations of in Quebec, Canada 
too.  This is the opposite of the concept of a "melting pot," which infers 
the INCLUSION of ethnic characteristics.

Ghetta

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