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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I think our difference would be in what we would want in our "commonalities". What do you want to be common? As far as I'm concerned, it is respect for the law and a desire to contribute to society and... well, that's about it.
For others, it's that they want a common language, common religion, common values, common lifestyle, common interests....
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Seems a bit thin unless contributing to society is a general term for lots of others.
Communities/societies are people who work together for a common goal. Take a hockey team for a simplistic example. Each member has varying similarities and differences to varying degrees to every other team member. On the ice everyone is doing a completely different thing yet they have the same goal in mind and work together to attain that goal. Each member must sacrifice some individuality so that the team becomes stronger and ore effective. A team that works separately is a weak, ineffective team.
Multiculturalism works to make a weak team. Keep everyone separate. Don't sacrifice anything to be part of Canada. You are Tamil....stay fully Tamil even 3 generations on. Just call yourself Tamil-Canadian. That is truly a PC diminution of Canada.
The worst thing is that extremists can come here with their old grievances and narrow-mindedness and hide behind multiculturalism to continue on as before. Now to many here that may mean very few people. But to the Sikh, Tamil and Mulsim community that has become a huge problem. Enough so that a prominent Sikh has criticized Multiculturalism for pandering to radicals.