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I don't mean to drift on this thread but can someone please explain to me what is it about being an american? To me gere is no such a thing as it is made up of europeans, asians and other immigrants with some europeans putting ownership to it. Call me naive but there's no such a thing as american with a history stretching a couple of centuries....Now if we were to say this about european countries that's a different story. The history is rich and old....

If you don't like to ride this "cheap hooker" there are always options...

I didn't claim this to be a competition over who has more knowledge. It was a genuine question! Anyways...here is what I found: https://www.immigrationdirect.ca/canada-citizenship-application-cit-0002E.jsp?r=ga-cpc-707767892-%2Bcanadian %2Bcitizenship %2B2017:m=b,g=35348015405,p=1t3&gclid=CNDOnICH69ICFUK3GwodRXYDlw

Do you actually know the rules for becoming a citizen in Canada?

We are all immigrants unless one wants to go about this by the choice of the colour of skin to segregate....

There's more news emerging about more tourists that were injured during the attack. Westminster being a peime location attracts many tourists. From the pictures I have seen the house of common was suspended and MP's were held inside the building where gunshots were heard...

Yeah I gathered that. Still those decades were the best

We don't know that yet...it is being investigated Atleast 22 are injured according to the latest news. This is a sad moment.

News has just come in with a terrorist attack near Westminster in London where a police officer and a woman died. Sources say a man in black clothing was shot by the officer two or thee times as he tried to attack them to get into the house of common. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/22/peers-say-brexit-with-no-trade-deal-would-cause-signicicant-damage-to-service-sector-politics-live At the moment there is no further evidence behind the motives of the attacker as the news is still unfolding. There has been several talks about the security issue in London especially after tge attacks in France and Germany. What are your thoughts?

Thanks Gost. Eighties always bring back memory

Back with her concert tours

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered this message for those immigrant Canadian Citizens yesterday: It is a nice gesture that some governments give a recognition to these festivities as did Obama during his presidency and make people welcome to integrate into their society. Nowruz, which marks the beginning of a New Year in Spring is celebrated by persians and many communities around the world superceding a firework. It has its roots in the old zoroastrianism.

Exactly! I bet you there are many members on this very forum who immigrated to Canada one way or another and are now citizens. It doesn't make a slight difference if your a from a Muslim, Christian or Judaism or any other faith....You are now Canadian provided you have not harmed anyone.

When you state something like this: Then it gives the reader an impression that you are concluding Iranians cannot assimilate into US and American culture. With that in mind, this is why I questioned you several times if you know this is happening in Canada or US or is it just a blanket hearsay statement to support the ban.

Well stated... And I am still waiting for an answer how could a ban on Muslims like Iranians can make America safe again. You heard the same argument from Trump supporters blaming the 'liberals', 'media', 'Obama', Hillary and so on. Just like anyone they are discontent with... On Dutch election....an interesting uptake by the Guardian on how the Brexit press miscalculated the election in Holland: The alarmist Brexit press got everything wrong about the Dutch elections https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/brexit-press-dutch-elections-geert-wilders

The whole notion for posting that article was to emphasise on the ridiculousness of the EO by Trump which initially didn't have any legal basis and subsequently upheld by the supreme court. The article about the plight of Afghan refugees was posted to illustrate that even a country like Iran some like to reference it with 'primitive laws' have taken a positive step towards refugee resettlement efforts...The new travel ban in US or Travel Ban 2 still does not address the security concerns by banning these countries and leaving out real culprits like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE (the phoney allies...) Which brings me to my next point re: "Muslim Ban". A comment, which I have invariably seen repeated by Trump supporters... Iran is a majority Muslim country so are the rest of the counties in the revised banned list. So this whole notion that it is not a 'Muslim ban' is absurd since all those 6 countries are Muslims. Obviously, not the whole 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. IMO it is a radical view to not call it a Muslim ban just because 1.5 billion Muslims around the world are not included in that list... But more importantly, getting away with these semantics this is about people and not just labels.... Muslims are citizens of those countries (they could be lawyers, PHD students and professionals) that have been indiscriminately punished and disallowed entry to US of A. A country that is meant to be the beacon of democracy and an example to look upon is failing miserably in this regard... Like I said I am no advocate of the regime in Iran but trying to remain factual and unbiased especially when it comes to dealing with ordinary people and refugees.. If you finished reading the article I posted that would have addressed your concern here.... The recency of the article in the Independent should give a hint that the UN has already addressed the school issue for Afghan children refugees.The article was just published on 16th March 2017! The article you posted comes from Wiki which is: 1- Not a vetted source 2- There is no date to validate the recency as changes to the law may have already taken place vis-à-vis the plight of Afghan children at school Well I wouldn't sound as melodramatic as you but if the governments including the US wanted to make efforts to really make their country safe again they could certainly make the efforts and deal with pertinent issues above more objectively.... But, I guess that would be wishful thinking....

This is an interesting read by the Independent. Whilst not a great advicate of the government in Iran the article focuses on some positive notes and holds Iran as an 'exemplary' model for sheltering 3mil Afghan refugees for four decades! This article goes further to describe the implications of travel ban by Trump. Here's an excerpt: "The new ban - which could affect the one million Iranian nationals living and studying in the US - was slapped down on Wednesday by a federal court in Hawaii on the grounds it could cause “irreparable injury.” Full article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-refugee-resettlement-efforts-exemplary-un-praise-united-nations-a7633621.html

And those immigrants that were paid also to build up the network infrastructure.... The undeground system in UK for example....

You keep changing goal posts...Your argument was that they cannot assimilate hence the ban. Now blaming it on security issues. That is totally different argument... Now to the point...Exactly how is refusing a PHD medical student a security issue to US? Many travel on student visas. The first travel ban even did not allow green card holders. This has now been revised and quite rightly so. Your assumptions on lack of security or lack of cooperation on the part Iranian government is subjective based on your judgement of what the US deems as a security issue at its borders. Reality is such a ban would only punish genuine people from travelling to US or who may be running away from prosecution in their country and nothing to do with them being a threat to the security IMHO in which case one would question the integrity of the travel ban and who it is aimed at....

Dude....Stop with this fear mongering BS blaming liberals...The only ones who are clueless are the bunch of right wing extremists who have their head deep sunk into the sand and play the same xenophobic tune when it pleases them.... The UK, France and Germany owe much of the build up in their infrastructure post world war II to Indians, Algerians, Maroccans and Turks. That is a fact that needs to be reminded.

More like the capacity to comprehend....

Since I assume that one has already read carefully previous posts on this topic can you discuss assimilation question put forth earlier?

No

.....Pleasure is all yours from down under mate!....The irony!