You make it sound like a situation of rocks and hard places, KarlX… Is there fault to be found with further reading? Do you know something we don't?

Why not vindication? Surely evidence should be allowed to be presented.

It only seems fair since drab has had the benefit of the whole article. Presumably.

For me, before I devote any more time to Dr Salter, I want to see the statistics behind the statement, "Moreover, they [ethnically homogeneous nations] are less prone to civil war, the greatest source of violent death in the twentieth century."

The hilarious thing is, if the DNA of most of the posters here was analysed, it would reveal that they had mostly Slavic or Middle-Eastern roots in their biological origins.

(I once watched a show anlaysing some quintessential English people, and that's exactly what the scientists found)

Poirot,
You may be right but, are we not talking about cultural differences rather than genetics or DNA?

At least that is what i assumed Drab was writing about.

There are vast differences in cultures.

I take your point, Banjo. But it does demonstrate that human migration and close interaction between peoples of different cultures is a distinct trait in our species.

Simple answer to the question just look at all the problems England has with all the different ethnic immigrants they took in. The country is now stuffed.

Poirot,
I know you think Anglophobia is funny but you're so wrong it's laughable in itself
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/mythsofbritishancestry/

Why diversity is not a strength, podcast by Mark Weber:
http://reasonradionetwork.com/downloads/tmwr/VoR-The_Mark_Weber_Report-20120620.mp3