I rarely start threads, but somehow I feel like this story deserves its own thread.
I'm interested to know what impact this story will have in Germany going forward. Is this a turning point, somehow? Or do we think that Germans will simply get used to this kind of thing.
And the issue, it seems to me, is not simply "refugees". Refugees were apparently not the culprits. But far from being a source of comfort, this fact rather points to the more enduring question of assimilation over the long haul. Even if the refugees themselves are all very sweet people, is there any reason to believe that the culture they bring with them will begin to assimilate?
Or is this Germany's future?--and eventually our own?
Link to BBC story...
I'm interested to know what impact this story will have in Germany going forward. Is this a turning point, somehow? Or do we think that Germans will simply get used to this kind of thing.
And the issue, it seems to me, is not simply "refugees". Refugees were apparently not the culprits. But far from being a source of comfort, this fact rather points to the more enduring question of assimilation over the long haul. Even if the refugees themselves are all very sweet people, is there any reason to believe that the culture they bring with them will begin to assimilate?
Or is this Germany's future?--and eventually our own?
Link to BBC story...
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