Xenophobia (was Re:jobs in Linux / IT)

[Paul Sutton]

As I started this thread off  by asking simply about jobs in Linux, I 
just wondered what this theread now has to do with Linux.

Paul


Zbigniew Koziol wrote:

>
> The subject, with "xenophobia" there, is really repulsive.
>
> I have been writing on similar matters in the past, so let me please 
> have a few words more.
>
> Someone noticed that Canadians born here also do have similar problems 
> as newcomers. Thats so much true. And these who are new should be 
> aware of that. We basically all share the same place, economical 
> situation, all that surrounds our living conditions, we have similar 
> opportunities, and while new people here have to struggle for living, 
> these who are here for generations have too. New ones would benefit 
> greatly by understanding and accepting this simple fact. These new 
> ones are not singled out of the crowd for worser life. And when to 
> speak about people, I do agree, most of Canadians are wonderful, 
> though usually live according to standards and base their life on 
> values that obviously must somehow differ from these values newcomers 
> brought here.
>
> There are more than two important points in this a bit ugly 
> discussion, but let me mention them.
>
> New ones do have a much more difficult start. Why? Well, simply these 
> who live here for a long were able to create their own network of 
> connections, which is extremely a good thing in life. While newcomers 
> often do not even understand how the society works and very often have 
> no idea where even to find information about matters that are of 
> importance to them.
>
> In other words, these living here for a long do have better 
> opportunities through the fact that they are supposed at least to 
> understand better this society and have more connections. If they do 
> indeed make a benefit of these factors is another issue for 
> discussion. But anyone arriving to Canada for living here should, in 
> principle, be aware, that he or she is breaking up with their society 
> and starting life from the beginning, de facto.
>
> Canada is, I bet to say, most tolerant country in the world, when it 
> comes to accepting newcomers.
>
> That does not need to mean yet that it is easy to settle here and 
> live. No, it is not. These who think that life is more difficult 
> everywhere else are terribly mistaken.
>
> Canada is not xenophobic, neither as a country nor as a society. It is 
> open to others more than any country in the world.
>
> One perhaps should have in mind, however, a simple fact: Canada could 
> probably not live and develop without newcomers. Many Canadians are 
> not aware how much they have to suffer because of this huge influx of 
> new people. That changes the entire policy, economy, social life. Yes, 
> these living here for generations do suffer by that! And often are not 
> understanding this social process. But Canada indeed seems to have no 
> other choice.
>
> My problem, if I had any problem, would rather be about approach to 
> certain values. It is rather a common idea, may be largely 
> unconscious, that newcomers ought to be used. Just used. That they 
> should pay the cost of coming here. Well, they will pay that cost 
> anyway, regardless of how open the society is towards them or how much 
> federal money are invested into helping them. That idea is wrong right 
> at its roots. It harms heavily these who are living here for 
> generations as well. It is been used by single people, by propaganda 
> in media, by governments. Still people seem not to mention that both, 
> these who come here and these who live here for 100 years or more, are 
> simply made stupid and their minds manipulated. One can not build Good 
> by doing Evil.
>
> zb.
>
>
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