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Rethinking My Position
by
Louis P. Solomon
My long and active life has been
filled with analyses of the physical, human, and other things around me.
I have tried to address these things and understand them. Though always
successful, I have tried to set into my mind an understanding of things
in the world: ancient, old, and current. Generally I have been quite
happy with myself. I am content with my positions on a variety of
issues, but I continue to test my positions with additional data, and
most of the time I find that my current observations tend to agree with
my past observations. But, once in a while I find some new data that
requires me to amend my thoughts and change my position. Such is the
case with one particular series of events. This is the acceptance of
immigrants into a country. Historically, I have always considered them
welcome. This is independent of their original homeland, their culture,
their language, and their historical background. Far from being a
threat, they add spice to the thinking and flavor of a country and its
culture. However, I must tell you that recent events have forced me,
reluctantly, to change my mind.
Let me be more specific. I am
talking about the series of events that have been taking place in the
country of Denmark. I have a soft place in my heart for the
Scandinavians, in general, and particularly for the Danes. I come from
Scandinavian, actually Swedish stock, and have found the Scandinavians,
in general, are people whom I am proud to know. They are people who are
good to know. They have humanity in mind and don't take their
politicians too seriously. Aside from their extremely violent forbears,
the Vikings, (in roughly 800 CE, which is about 1300 years ago) they
care for each other and the rest of humanity. They have set up a state
where in general, all work with each other.
However, I am now considering the
growth of the Muslim immigrants into Denmark and some of the results of
this immigration. This is well described in an article by
Susan MacAllen which can be seen in the
following web site:
http://www.sullivan-county.com/wcva/denmark.htm.
My training, education, and
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