<p>Yeah, you actually are reading way too much into these discussions, fabrizio. I said ‘interface,’ and I meant it. It’s about exposure and education, and a lack of insularity. That lack of insularity (colonialism) has brought with it both good and bad. However, the fluency with Western language (the culture that is built into linguistics), and the fluency with Western concepts (concepts that have been specifically taught to them) has greatly advantaged Indians and Pakistanis who have chosen to immigrate into our culture and who do wish full assimilation. I know this population quite intimately, both as colleagues and as students. They differ markedly in their rate of assimilation vs. the Chinese, for example. And I do mean virtually immediately upon immigration – not after a full generation or more.</p>
<p>I wasn’t making comparisons with Malayasians, Indonesians, etc. I was speaking about Indians. And I said British influence was one reason, not the only reason. But as always, you prefer to take my statements out of context, to distort, to make a federal case out of them, and to personalize them.</p>