13th July 2010, 11:02 AM
Weltall Wrote:I think the difference is the perception (correct or otherwise) that Islam is dedicated to invading and supplanting the West, whereas hispanic immigrants have the slightly less nefarious goal of living in a country that isn't in a state of perpetual poverty and discord.
Well put. I don't doubt there are Muslims who do have the goal of "replacing culture", but many don't. Do I agree with them? No, but the proper way to deal with it is open criticism and debate, not blanket ineffectual laws.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)