UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION...THE TRUTH

A long time ago I was an immigrant.  Even though many generations of my family came from the country where I choose to live and work, I was not born here, and had to endure a great deal of scrutiny to secure citizenship.  Out of curiosity and to refute some very wild claims on the back of yesterday's plea to resist anti-immigration, anti-integration politics, I made some enquiries and submit the following...it is rather difficult to immigrate into Europe from outside Europe.  The levels of proof regarding positive contribution are very high.  If the "uncontrolled immigration" to which my avid (or should I day rabid) readers refer, is from inside the Europe, well the duly elected representatives of the democratic electorate of all the participating European countries have signed the convention and as a committed democrat I respect them for it.  If there is "uncontrolled immigration" into the European Union from elsewhere, would someone please show me documentary proof of it.

Immigration is not the dangerous issue, it is nationalism, and nationalism is the greatest threat to peaceful, respectful, co-operative, democratic prosperity.  What fool thinks that the global integration of all the cultures and economies of humanity can be unpicked and that we can return to the dark ages when we killed or enslaved all who dared to cross the borders we were capable of defending.

Gray Dourman
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FRENCH VOTE FOR RIGHT...DANGER!

1 in 5 French voters ticked the ballot for a party that advocates a racially, ethnically pure France, that wants to stop immigration and curtail further integration with Europe.  This is pure, misguided nostalgia for a past that never existed and represents a dreadful development for the safety and well being of a world where differences are celebrated and common solutions are devised for common problems among those people who have competing interests.

I implore all people who understand that unlike our hunter gatherer ancestors who lived in isolated groups and often found themselves in conflict with other humans over resources, to resist the temptation to glorify the 'take care of our own' mentality which is a yet to be shed psychological constraint overlaying our better judgement.  Over the millenia and centuries the ideology of self interest has never been promoted by isolation.  The collective action of alliance and co-operation has always proved the more effective survival technique.  It is obvious that the evolutionary trend of humanoids and the associated evolutionary benefits are promoted by more integration not less.  By more immigration, not less.  By more tolerance, not less.

So French voters think they have plundered enough from former colonies and disadvantaged trading partners to survive and thrive in a purely French cultural and economic context...I don't think so.

Gray Dourman
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