Lessons not learned

It amazes me every time I hear of some idiot who has decided to bring in a non-native species of animal or plant into North America, or Australia, in order to fix a “problem”.  It appears that people do not learn from their mistakes.  Newsflash, I know. The best example I can think of right off the top of my head is the introduction of rabbits, rainbow trout and then cane toads into Australia and the introduction of brown trout, starlings and purple loosestrife into North America.  In general, history has shown that transplantion of non-native species of animals or plants is a really bad idea.  Very recently I saw news coverage about a new problem with an introduced species of fish, the Asian Carp  - the carp was imported by fish farmers to control algae – unbelievable!  I cannot believe that people just don’t learn!  Importing a non-native species to fix a problem invariably ends up creating new and bigger problems.  Okay..so I’ll get to my point.  Today, on the radio, there was a discussion about immigration.  Everyone was talking about problems associated with immigration to Canada – ie. long wait lists and the problem of who to let in and whether there should be some sort of selection bias – ie. to let in skilled workers, trades people and professionals over unskilled people or – yes, strippers (who by the way have been preferentially allowed into Canada for years).  I guess what I found strange is that everyone is carefully ignoring the elephant in the room.  That elephant is Muslim immigrantion.  Why is everyone ignoring what has happened in Western Europe and Great Britain as a result of massive muslim immigration?  Do people think that what has happened there will not happen here?  The UK is now considered the centre of Islamist terror in Europe.  Wow.  I wonder how that happened.  Will it happen here?  Can we avoid making the mistakes that the UK and Western Europe have made?   Does the government have a plan for integration of new muslims into our society?  Can we learn from others’ mistakes?  Are we up to the challenge.