Comments on: 1 in 3 Londoners Born Overseas, United by Greed and Fear

By: Jeoff

Jeoff — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:46:22 +0000

London just isn't what it used to be. Good post.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:04:09 +0000

While I may not be living in London, but I've been living in three different countries apart from my home country. Perhaps, I speak for myself only, but I do feel a fairly strong sense of attachment and for all of them. It's hard not to eventually bond with the countries that you've lived in I think, unless, you're a really cold person. While our ties to our host country will never supercede those of our birth country, it doesn't mean we do not care at all. We do try, as far as possible to absorb a country's way of life, and respect that and integrate it into our own. When we leave a country, we leave with ties intact. Friends we've made, associations that are formed. These may be very little bondings but hopefully, these are the little things which eventually add up to bigger and stronger bonds.

By: Chris. Fulker

Chris. Fulker — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:49:08 +0000

Bill Bonner, it seems you've been watching too much TV or reading a few too many popular papers! Terrorism??? Few well-educated people, much less the worldly, truly fear that shoe bombers will suddenly pop out of the nearest cafe, perhaps with a Dirty Bomb... This is merely the latest mass media sensation, and it follows tainted pet foods from China, SARS, shoe bombers, Iraq, bird flu, global warming, "hoodies", Anna Nicole Smith, "polish plumbers", offshore tax evaders... Don't give it credence!