Comment by Dennis Treybil

Entered on: 3/20/2014 10:32:39 AM

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I responded, “Except they bring that same violence they fled into host countries because violence remains the endemic aspect of Islam.”   I am reminded of a scene from "Gangs of New York" where one of the more seasoned Irish immigrants tells a newbie, "We didn't bring this here with us.  And we didn't make it this way after we got here.  It was waitin' for us when we stepped off the boat."   And there is a line from the Kennedy brothers' book "The South Was Right" - Speaking of the Inhabitants of these States who immigrated from Western Europe (and likely elsewhere) "They brought their grudges with them."   I had an experience working at a fortune 500 company back in the 80's.  There were maybe a dozen old company hands who suddenly had about 100 newbies thrust upon them.  This was a recipe for trouble - and there was trouble.   I think a more sound assimilation process would have reversed that ratio; about 100 old hands would take in about a dozen newbies.  Not that this is a panacea either, but - here's one of the things that stands out:   We had an older guy who wore a leisure suit to work.  He had a nervous condition.  Two of the newbies in particular took great delight in aggravating his condition, so they could watch his "ticks".  (Shades of "I shot a man in Reno - just to watch him die")   These guys weren't Muslim.  They weren't immigrants.  I don't know what, if any, religious affiliation either of them claimed.  One was from Chicago and the other had lived in St. Louis and Detroit.  One was black and one white.   Vernon makes an astute observation:   The American citizen has been dumbed down to a pathetic level. God and morals have been replaced with selfism, socialism and an abrupt refusal of moral values.   I think his words fit these two guys.   The higher values have been replaced with materialistic aims of money and status.   Back to a proper assimilation ratio not being a panacea.  Also in the 80's, I worked in a military industrial complex facility - a large one - with an office mate who had a serious heart condition.  This place hired military retirees.  A military retiree took great delight in trying to cause my office mate to have a heart attack.  It had me climbing the walls.  I required a prescription tranquilizer as a result.  In a few days, it took effect.  JB came over to antagonize GC.  I looked at JB and just smiled.  Such was the effect of this drug.  JB  ran back to his desk and never did it again.   JB - you know who you are - and if by chance you're reading this, you were an @$$hole then, and I bet if you're still alive, you're still an @$$hole!  If you've died, you're probably the number one @$$hole in hell.  So there!   I wish Sharia adherents were the only source of this mayhem.   FWIW   DC Treybil