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Re:The French Number – Connect to a random French person and... by sangnoir on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:56AM (#12380956)
> That the French wouldn't be so bothered if people came to France to be French and adopt the local manners and attitudes;

Maybe the non-assimilators wouldn't come to France if the French had not gone to North Africa and convinced them that France is awesome[1] in the first place.

1. Majority of France's Muslim population comes from it's ex-colonies.

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Re:The French Number – Connect to a random French person and... by GuiA on Monday August 29, 2016 @06:39AM (#12381058)
Holy shit, can't believe you're getting downvoted (comment is grey atm) just for pointing out France's colonial past. I don't know what's up with HN today.
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Re:The French Number – Connect to a random French person and... by tobltobs on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:06AM (#12381567)
I guess he doesn't get downvoted for stating that France had a colonial past, but for implying that the colonial past is an excuse for not integrating into the society you live in.
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Re:The French Number – Connect to a random French person and... by GuiA on Monday August 29, 2016 @10:00AM (#12381875)
Not an excuse; rather, a contributing cause. Failed cultural integration is a global symptom, not a collective of individuals who consciously refuse to integrate.
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Re:The French Number – Connect to a random French person and... by galtwho on Monday August 29, 2016 @10:35PM (#12387078)
what do you mean by not integrating?

part of the colonisers spiel to the colonised is aboyut human rights, freedom and liberty.

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