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Submitted by mariaha_13 (Canada), Apr 11, 2009 at 18:12

Respect is a thing that is EARNED and they have not earned the respect of anyone. Isn't it amazing that our government expects us to just 'hand it out'? They have contributed NOTHING but stress and gangs as far as I can tell. They run from their countries and yet live exactly the same way here as they did there. They dress the same, follow the same barbaric laws they had there, don't and won't learn english any more than they have to, seclude themselves and then cry 'RACSISM" when it's them that is racisist. The only people that should be crying 'racist' these days is the WHITE people. Their idea of civilization is nothing like ours and clashes in every way possible. You couldn't GIVE me enough money to live the way they do. I know many others that feel the same way.

How can we be expected to show tolerance and respect to a people that shows none to us. While they may not be openly terrorist within our own borders at this time but don't count on that lasting either. While they want what we have they don't have sense enough to see that they, if allowed, would turn our nations into the same disaster the arab countries are in now. They come here, our government can't wait to throw money at them, they start business's that employ ONLY their own, make money and send it back to whatever terrorist group they are in league with. That they aren't carrying guns or bombs but they're just as guilty as the ones that are because they're supporting them with money taken from our countries no less.

Yes, there are some that came here to become North Americans but that's far from the majority. The bottom line is that these people can't integrate their religion or culture into ours. As it is, we've lost too much of our culture to placate them and that is totally wrong. Why can't we honor Christmas and Easter as they should be? Why should we have to change so as not to OFFEND them ? If our countries customs and traditions offend them then they should leave. That the Canadian government allowed for turbans to be worn in the RCMP was and is contemptable! That they've been allowed into positions of importance in politics is also contemptable. If they want to make differences then they need to go back to their own countries and bring them up to somewhere in the vacinity of this century. You will recieve what you give and, to this point, I've seen nothing worth my respect.

Sadly, what I do see is our very own governments betraying the very foundations of our countries. Betraying our very culture, our customs, and rights to keep what we worked so hard to get. In God we trust isn't just 4 words. Not Islam, not muslim, not anything they are and not anything they bring here with them. They had the opportunity for the same freedoms and refused it for the abhorant ways they left and now expect us to embrace. NO THANKS and NO RESPECT. Immigrants, legal, illegal, need to learn to RESPRCT our customs and culture. If they can't/won't then the only answer to that is to DEPORT them all. We were doing much better BEFORE they came here and won't miss them.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Respecting Islam [104 words]Janusz LowalikMar 20, 2010 20:30170455
You are very correct Janusz [132 words]stasApr 6, 2012 01:39170455
OBAMA RESPECTS ISLAM, BUT WHERE IS THE QUID PRO QUO? [180 words]JERRY BORISMar 14, 2010 04:19170112
no respect [12 words]DavidJan 24, 2010 14:10167834
respect [21 words]b soetoroJan 23, 2010 20:48167797
Our dear Bary is saying that if a religion does not respect other religions then such religion must be questionable [202 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 15, 2010 18:27167797
talk the talk with respect [45 words]mythJan 20, 2010 18:19167623
"Respect" not enough [168 words]Amy WatkinsApr 13, 2009 12:54153815
Obama's Speech [180 words]SvetApr 12, 2009 12:17153782
Respect? [563 words]mariaha_13Apr 11, 2009 18:12153747
islam is not respectful of anyone but themselves, sometimes not even then. [111 words]Phil GreendApr 9, 2009 00:52153622
The bow. [185 words]donvanApr 7, 2009 22:49153548
Signal Weakness [100 words]Jonathan WilliamsApr 5, 2009 23:45153375
Point out Islamic hypocrisy with respect. [275 words]Pradeep MohantyApr 5, 2009 16:03153360
islam [141 words]joe paluchApr 5, 2009 23:37153360
Spoken like a True Dhimmi [52 words]NesivosApr 5, 2009 15:49153358
Respect or kow-towing? [107 words]Rebecca MouldsApr 5, 2009 11:12153347
respect is a one-way street [79 words]chubba wubbaApr 6, 2009 02:03153347
It is talking out of both sides of your mouth. [124 words]LynnApr 5, 2009 09:29153344
This is not a Jihadist from Iran but a professor from Kuwait: [73 words]JumassApr 4, 2009 13:45153313
Why RESPECT failed [102 words]sheik yer'mamiFeb 25, 2009 18:22151172
Thanks for your Blog, Sheik [19 words]CarluczApr 4, 2009 13:33151172
Obama is breathing life into Islam: He is a product of Chicago's Nation of Islam: Sundays with Louis [64 words]Josephine Amanda SabbyFeb 19, 2009 19:04150816
Chamberlain and Carter showed us that Appeasement does not work [281 words]fishydudeFeb 15, 2009 08:23150491
1Muslim appeasement in the US too! [646 words]B.N.GururajFeb 12, 2009 23:12150362
Respect. [168 words]donvanFeb 11, 2009 12:51150246
Obama said about the mutual respect. [77 words]neetugarg37Feb 9, 2009 02:27150075
Freedom is being lost in RESPECT! [197 words]SenatorMark4Feb 7, 2009 14:19150004
Here's What Obama Should be Singing [57 words]AlexFeb 6, 2009 11:29149934
Ah - the mutual respect!!! [191 words]JaladhiFeb 5, 2009 11:53149880
Goodwill on a collision course with hostility. [492 words]Peter HerzFeb 6, 2009 15:06149880
One sided "goodwill" does not work!!! [125 words]JaladhiFeb 9, 2009 16:45149880

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