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In <C0C66B.96w@ddsw1.mcs.com> arf@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Jack Schmidling) writes:

> I frequently get called all sorts of names for being less 
> than enthusiastic about our so-called "multicultural 
> society".  Here is a good example of the blessing it brings 
> to our once peaceful country.....
 
First of all, could you explain exactly what this post has to do with
multiculturalism?

And speaking of "mush," could you elaborate on exactly *when* our
country was peaceful?

[An AP articule about a woman killed by a stray bullet fired into the air on 
New Years:

>   Firing guns to celebrate the new year is customary in 
> Hispanic communities from Los Angeles to this Miami suburb. 
> Random deaths and injuries from the gunfire are not uncommon.

>    Police in Hialeah say they halt patrols and seek shelter 
> right before midnight.   "Everyone who has worked here a 
> while knows to take cover," said Hialeah homicide detective 
> Lorenzo Trujillo. "You have thousands of people shooting at
> the same time all over town."
> .............
 
> To believe that multiculturalism somehow improves our 
> society is just plain liberal mush.  What sort of blessing 
> is it to force our police officers to hide from "Hispanic" 
> barbarians when they should be out on the streets?

"Hispanic" barbarians, huh?
Why the quotation marks around Hispanic?

And what does this have to do with multiculturalism?
 
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