Lack of Assimilation

The opportunity to gain a higher education at an American university has long been a cherished one. To gain the benefits of our society with the possibility of succeeding and living a good life should be appreciated. To listen and learn from others who have more experience, more education and a different perspective is the purpose of the university experience.

Yet, there is an increasingly visible element in western societies in Europe and the United States which is not interested in doing that. They don't appear to seek assimilation in our culture but rather to convert our culture into one of their choosing. In the process they adopt the tactics and techniques of the terrorist and thug.

This occured about ten days ago at the University of California--Irvine: