The Geat Melting Pot Or Are We?

Another analogy that has become common is the "tossed salad," and I like that one better. Melting pot implies that people need to be so assimilated that we are all the same. If you put copper and tin in a pot, melt and blend, you get bronze - a uniform alloy. The *goal* of a melting pot is this kind of uniformity. In a salad, on the other hand, all components retain their individuality. Carrots, lettuce and radish may all be in the same bowl, but they are still individual vegetables. I think people exist who want the melting pot - who want that kind of uniformity and sameness. As I said in the beginning, I prefer the tossed salad metaphor - the carrots and the radishes may not play well together for a while, but they still have to live in the same bowl - and they have to work things out if life is to remain pleasant. I think this analogy also illustrates greater acceptance for the rich variety of customs and cultures that make up "American" culture. I think sometimes we forget that *lots* of American culture is borrowed - maybe from Western Europe, but still borrowed! ~Sara

Overload. In the name of free admission, your country cannot be accepting more terrorists, thugs, hooligans who might disturb peace loving Americans. It is always better to have a strict immigration policy instead of making it free for all.

Theres a pretty simple answer for this. For the interests of America and the immigrants that move here, you cannot allow everyone to come into the country. Allowing anyone to run in would obviously ruin the country. Is that fair?