Originally Posted by sutie:
“The difference being of course that they don't take their lead from a holy book for justification.”
Originally Posted by LakieLady:
“Some people seem to think otherwise I'm afraid, Anne. In fact, some people seem to think that integration is the wholesale adoption of the host culture by immigrant populations and anything less than that is a threat to the host nation's way of life.
Being an old fart, I can remember my grandmother saying all this about Caribbean immigrants back in 1960. It's as wrong now as it was then.”
Edit: Don't know why the first quote has appeared. Please ignore.
We have a holiday home in France (a ruin when we bought it many years ago.) We chose France because we love the country, the people, their way of life, culture and traditions. We learned the language, don't take anything in the way of benefits etc. from them, and have given plenty of business to French shops, restaurants etc.
Although we don't live there, we do spend long periods of time there, and the very last thing that would ever enter our minds is that the French people should adapt themselves in any way to accommodate us. Why on earth should they? We chose them, they didn't choose us.