I think the United States has been compromised .....
immigration is something neccessary and a good thing, but I see
mexicans waving mehico flags in the US and cringe ... I firmly
believe that allegience to the country, to the society you're
living in, should be a prerequisite for living in and enjoying the
benefits of that society,... not that one must be forced to be
loyal to Singapore of course, but if one moves to another society,
then I suppose, kinship and memories aside, one must be prepared to
shoulder the burdens of living in that society, the citizen's
burden if you may ....
you know there's a joke going on down in mehico, that claim that
they'll take over the whole of the united states and shove all the
gringos out in 50 years ? .... Chinese boat peoples and such are
different, they sink roots into the US, they volunteer in the armed
services, they pledge allegience to the US, not so the latins in
the US right now ..... do you know Samuel P. Huntington ? ... the
Harvard prof who wrote "clash of civilizations" and pissed all the
muslims off ? .... his latest book deals with the latin wave in the
US society today ... it makes for depressing reading .....
so there ... perhaps I'm an idealist, but I firmly believe in this
citizen's burden, which ever country one lives in, not neccessarily
one's place of birth of course, but heck ... loyalty and patriotism
should not be dirty words at all ...
(being anal, it should be S.P Huntington ....)
