Text 26663, 85 rader
Skriven 2007-01-31 19:25:57 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26636 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Wetbacks, the Border, solutions
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Gary Braswell -> John Hull wrote:
 GB> John Hull -> All wrote:
 JH>> We have a huge problem in this country.  It is called "illegal
 JH>> immigration."  There are an estimated 20-25 million illegals in this
 JH>> country.  Too be sure, many if not most of them are decent people, but
 JH>> they're still here under illegal circumstances.

 JH>> There is a shadow economy that goes along with them.  They are paid
 JH>> under the table, at less than regular wages that we would pay our own
 JH>> people, yet there is no accountability for them.  Most pay no taxes
 JH>> because they don't have legal Social Security documents.  At the same
 JH>> time they utilize our school systems to educate their kids, our
 JH>> hospitals for emergency medical care, they draw welfare checks in many
 JH>> states.  They are a huge financial burden on this country at all
 GB> levels.

 JH>> Politically, they are activists in large part for the La Raza
 GB> Movement,
 JH>> which is nothing less than taking back the entire Southwest and So.
 JH>> California as Mexican territory.  Large numbers of them are illegally
 JH>> registered to vote, which dilutes and skews the votes of real American
 JH>> citizens.

 JH>> At one time, when we still had frontiers and room to spare, we
 GB> welcomed
 JH>> anyone who wanted to come here to make a new life for themselves and
 JH>> their families.  But the frontiers are gone, the land is filled up,
 GB> and
 JH>> we can no longer allow indiscriminate immigration like the old
 GB> days.  It
 JH>> used to be that when somebody came here, they left their old way of
 GB> life
 JH>> behind and made an effort to assimilate and become Americans.  Now,
 GB> they
 JH>> congregate in ethnic enclaves and demand special treatment as
 GB> minorities
 JH>> because they refuse to learn English, and refuse to become citizens
 GB> even
 JH>> as they stand there, hands held out, while we pass out welfare and
 JH>> healthcare and education that costs them nothing.

 JH>> Many people take umbrage at my hard line on immmigration, and think
 GB> I'm
 JH>> heartless and cruel.  Well, maybe I am, but its only out of necessity.
 JH>> The problem won't get solved by them because they don't have the
 GB> guts to
 JH>> stand up and do what is needed to stop it.  We don't have the right to
 JH>> give away the rights and benefits that previous Americans fought and
 JH>> died for because we feel sorry for some guy who had the bad luck to be
 JH>> born in some other country.  We owe our future generations a country
 JH>> that is at least as strong and free when we hand it over to them as it
 JH>> was when WE got from our forefathers.  Allowing the current
 GB> situation on
 JH>> the borders to continue is selling their legacy down the river, and I
 JH>> will do everything in my power to prevent that.

 GB> There is no need to shoot people just for trying to cross the border.

 GB> Obviously if they attack people or destroy private property that is
 GB> another matter.

 GB> While I support a wall and patrols, I do not support people being shot
 GB> for just crossing the border.

 GB> I will not have Americans gunning down unarmed illegal immigrants like
 GB> the East Germans did with people trying to leave.

 GB> There is so much that can be done that will work without going to that
 GB> level you seem so anxious to advance.

 GB> Your contempt for Mexicans is obvious. Your willingness to have them
 GB> shot for simply crossing our border is ominous.

 GB> Luckily, cooler heads will prevail.


Yeah?  Well, your answer is just about what I'd expect from somebody whose knee
just jerked right into their mouth.  Break and teeth, did ya?

I didn't advocate just shooting somebody for crossing the border.  Nor did I
refer specifically only to Mexicans.  Read what I DID say, and think about it
for more than three seconds.

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