"tedious and meaningless repetition" (Stu) just after "(The rest from you I've answered so many times before.)" (Me to IB)...damned if I do, damned if I don't.

No, David - the same people who are frustrated with your "tedious and meaningless repetition" are also frustrated with your failure to answer direct questions. Such as this one, which I've put to you three times already:

You've said earlier that it's a bad thing when people lose their culture; in many ways I tend to agree. But doesn't that mean that it's a good thing when immigrants keep their culture alive?