Editor's Note: Peter Atkinson
was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England and emigrated to
Australia in 1969. After a successful career as a systems analyst, he
became an Internet publisher, releasing a variety of books online
chronicling what he observes to be the vanishing wisdom of humanity.
The Roman Wall
I was born in England, in the
city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne which is proud of its long history which can
easily be traced back to the period of ancient Rome's occupation of
Britain. There are many vestiges of the occupation but the most famous
remains are those of Hadrian's Wall. This was a stone wall
extending from the east coast to the west coast of England, built to
protect the Roman occupied country south of the wall from raids by
northern barbarians, or so I was taught. I have never questioned this
explanation until recent events have caused me to consider another
purpose for Hadrian's Wall.
Barrier Only To Unarmed
Invaders
The Roman wall would never have stopped an attacking army, unless it was
manned along its whole length. But to garrison the wall in such a
fashion would be to undermine the ability of the Roman army to confront
a barbarian host, who would invariably outnumber them. Dispersing its
soldiers along an 80 mile front could not, and was not meant to, repel a
mass attack, but to overcome a problem that Western Civilization is now
facing. It was erected to stop the steady stream of migrants from the
barbarian ruled areas entering the Roman empire. And this was done
because even though the barbarians entered the Empire peacefully, they
did not come to help the Roman Empire, but to exploit it. They did not
want to become citizens of Rome but to retain their own culture within
the Roman community, which made them a liability to the Roman empire.
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Invading
minority communities are parasites upon their host community
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Declining Culture the Target of
Parasites
The impact of the intrusion of an alien culture upon a
failing culture is similar to a parasitic attack suffered by any failing
creature. Though the citizens of a declining community are slowly losing
their attachments to their own community, they still feel some sense of
obligation towards it. It is their community, full of their
own kind which is their tribe, so regardless of their growing
indifference to their society's tradition, manners and laws, they still
feel a concern for its welfare. Whereas migrants from alien cultures
have no such concerns; they are among strangers with a different
culture. These invaders have not come to improve their host's society,
but their own, at the expense of their host. Hence such invading
minority communities are parasites upon their host community.
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