User blog comment:Super Warmonkey/Libertarian Party/@comment-2153819-20120813022150/@comment-2153819-20120813061416

@ Vivaporius: When an immigrant applies for a job in their host country, I don't think they are trying to make their employers dress and act the same way they do. And if they do, that's their problem. But I would think it shouldn't be that much of a stretch to allow someone to keep their own cultural identity as long as they work for you to the best of their ability. If they get stubborn, fire them. But if someone turns down a potential employee merely because of their culture, it implies that the person's culture is of some great concern. Which is impractical, because the person's culture shouldn't actually become a functional problem in the workplace. So it is more of an ideological reason. Which is the unfair part. A person's tolerance of difference is relative to their experience with difference so if a guy was raised in a basement and then opens up a business, he's doing his economy a BIG disservice. But he can still do that if the economy is Conservative.

Sufficed to say, many immigrants are turned down in North America - both in the U.S.A. and in Canada - because of their culture, so they do eventually assimilate into the surrounding culture. That's why you get that first generation of immigrants reminiscing(sp?) about the "mother country" and then that second generation wanting to blend right in. There may be a practical side to a Conservative economy after all, but then if you don't get any diversity, how will you get new ideas? Ideas in marketing, public services (acupuncture anyone?), recreation, housing, transportation, etc.?

@ Minecraftian: I completely agree with you on that. There is a degree to which people should keep their identities if they want to get a job. A guy who dresses up like a rogue gangster will frighten customers away if he goes into retail. I think, if someone can afford to change for the sake of being hired - or even being in a public place with lots of people - it shouldn't be too much to try and convince the person to change. Searching for a job seems to be a testing process of how far someone is willing to go for their identity. I could forgive a nudist for walking around in a secluded area like a woodland park, but if they walked into café stark naked I would say they deserved the reception they got.