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Old 05-14-2008, 10:44 PM
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don't know about you, but the video I just saw the "outsiders" are the ones getting their asses kicked by "russians", and not the other way around.
There is no question that the new immigrant wave brings crime with them. The immigrants come from poorer regions, on average have less education, and are not accustomed to the ways things are done in the places where they are moving. For example, in many former southern Soviet republics, people are not that used to solving things through the police and courts. If someone wrongs them, they are more prone to settle it in a way that eventually will become a crime statistic. The same can be observed in Philadelphia, where "culture" and how things are done can radically change in less than 10 miles. Other there, we are talking about a clash between people that come from areas thousands of miles apart, belonging to different religions and of different races.

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As to the thread itself, it's "Russian History X", the same happens here, or in England, or Italy, or Spain, etc, etc.....there's dumb violent people everywhere that blames everybody but themselves about their problems
Right. Blacks are blamed for crime, powerful Jews for abusing the working class, Mexicans for taking jobs, etc. But all of that is perfectly natural and predictable. You can't have different cultures living side by side and not expect cultural tension. It never worked anywhere, and never will. Humans will never like those that are different. It is not something exclusive to dumb people, though the reaction differs between dumb and smart.

The American melting pot is a myth. It is extremely segregated. Where this video came from, is the real melting pot. But it is slowly becoming segregated too. Slowly and painfully as can be seen in the video.
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