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words with the political-

» ly correct is “diversity.”

- It floats down through

_ the media and is seen as
akind of salve. There is
even a “Unity Through
Diversity” movement.

But it’s nothing more than
a slogan intended to send the

unwary to sleep. ,

,.. The purpose is to con peo-
' ple into believing that diversity
- is good for them.

_¢. Atmore suitable slogan

would be “Division Through
Diversity,” .

f°.) <A letter to the editor ree-

‘ommended that I write about
this “in the spirit of thoughtful
debate,” and that I apply some

“balance and compassion” to
the situation,

That's just what T have been
doing, [ supply the balance to
the avalanche of propaganda
coming from government and
special interest groups.

Compassion [ supply for
Canadians who don’t want to
wake up one day and find
themselves living ina
Canadian suburb of Somalia or
New Delhi,

Unity through diversity?
Where oes it exist?

Was it evident in the Los
Angeles riots of 1991 after the
Rodney King affair? The city
became an armed camp,
blocks of buildings blazed, and
53 people were killed.
Hundreds were injured.

In that haven of diversity,

* Blacks and Hispanics went on

the rampage.

Whites took to their base-
ments,

In the Indian subcontinent,
Hindus and Moslems have
murdered one another by the
million. In Africa, genocide is
the order of the day. In the
United States generally, diver-

2 sity is disaster,

Tensions abound and

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minority crime is major,

In the U.K, too, diversity
has led to cities burning,
something that was inconceiy-
able before ‘Third World immi-
gration arrived an the scene,
thanks to stupid politicians,

In France and Germany
there have been riots, Wars of
race, culture and religion rage
also in the former USSR and
Yugoslavia,

Canada? Sikhs have hacked
away at one another in Surrey
with swords, Guns and knives
have been used in Vancouver
night clubs by rival minority
gangs. ‘The mayor of
Vancouver took off to Ottawa
to see what can be done about
the crime situation,

He didn’t mention “diver-
sity,” of course, But as a dis-
gusted truck driver told me
recently, all you have to do is
go down to East Vancouver
and watch Latino “refugees”
shooting up drugs right on the
street.

I know, They are not the
only ones, In the 1950s I cov-
ered many a court case in

’ which white traffickers were

involved. But that was nothing
compared with what is hap-

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pening today,

Jnmigrant crime is a major
factor here, too, complete with
a North Van killing ina mavie
house,

We hear alinost daily about
Asian pangs, But when inimi-
gration was selective instead of
universal, 0 one ever heard of
English gangs, German gangs,
or French gangs. The mafia
were active but kept mostly to
themselves,

The Canadian Jewish
Congress and B°Nai Brith are
very keen on diversity, But they,
who support the State of Israel
should tr the last to talk,

‘To emigrate to that coun-
try you have to be Jewish. Bur
what a scream there would be
ifthe Republic of Ireland ,
decided you could not become
Trish unless you were a Roman
Catholic. ;

"She excuse piven is that
Jews need a national home.
But so da the Palestinians,
who had a real one before
Isracl was created, .

No, diversity doesn’t suit
Israel, The same can be said of
other states in the Middle East.

Does Saddam Hussein
want diversity? Not so you'd

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enough, [t preaches to kids
and adults who are nearly
100% white, There's unity
there, but litle diversity,

‘The reader | mentioned
above lives on Bower Island,
That's safe, too, Por the time
being,

In her view, “respecting
diversity” will become even
more Important than the eco-
logical crisis,

She may be right. But my
question is: will diversity
respect us?

— ‘The North Shore News
believes strongly in freedom of
speech and the'vight of all sides
ina debate to be beard, ‘The
coltmnists published in,the
News present differing points of
rier, but those views ave not
necessarily those of the nenspa-

per itself:

notice, He makes a profession
ofeutting Kurdish dhroats,

Go where you will and
diversity is dangerous, ‘That
includes Canada,

You would think the
“French” and the “English” of
this country would ger along
like a house on fire after all
this time, So we do, ina way,
About 200,000 “English”
have left the House of Quebec
in recent years,

Fact is that we have been
battling diversity for 200 years,

There’s a “Unity Through
Diversity” group at Okanagan
College. But that’s safe

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