Text 26715, 84 rader
Skriven 2007-02-01 09:29:38 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 26681 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Wetbacks, the Border, solutions
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Hello Gary!

31 Jan 07 22:42, you wrote to me:

 GB>>> We can try other things fist, John. You know that. Come on.

 RC>> "What other things Gary"

 GB> There are plenty. The problem is as I have stated elsewhere. Weak will
 GB> politicians who will not enforce the matter.

Well nothing said in this echo is anything more than a advocated opinion, its
not like we are making history by setting policy for the country.

I asked what other things, you said plenty, can you be more specific since we
are only talking about opinions here?

 RC>> We have cases in which people do enter the country legally and
 RC>> have a hard time being allowed to stay or attain citizenship.

Why should we give them amnesty, it makes the efforts of those whom set about
to do the immigrate and citizenship thing legally, a waste of time?

 RC>> and for crying out loud, obsessing over someones usage of
 RC>> "wetback", good grief, would John Hull caught any grief if he was
 RC>> referring to Italians as "wops"? Germans as Jerries, Japanese as
 RC>> Japs, Polish as pollocks, Chinese as chinks? How about other
 RC>> nagatives as people in rural america as hillbillies, or people
 RC>> from the northern US as yankee's?

 GB> Its a combo. He used wetback and then went on to advocating they be
 GB> gunned down.

 GB> Sounds like more of a racial issue than a border one.

Just because he advocated and said that doesnt make him a racist, we all say
things out of emotion when we get exasperated.

As a 15 year old paperboy out on a sunday afternoon collecting the monthly fee
from customers, I got robbed by 2 guys, whom just happened to be of color.

I wasnt hurt and I didnt offer resistance, considering they pushed me off my
bike and it landed on top of me, they reached for and grabbed my wallet and
booked.

By the time I got back onto my feet, I was filled with rage, yelled out to
them, "asshole niggers" and I had thoughts of them being held down and being
disemboweled for their crime.

That incident didnt make me a racist, albeit Lofaso might wish to split hairs.

I got over it, newspaper insurance reimbursed me and life moved on.

I suppose if the assailants been white, I would have used terms such as
"asshole hillbillies" or some such?

I certainly dont advocate immigrants be shot as they cross the border, unless
they happen to be threatening the safety of others or the border agents, but I
can see where John comes from. I saw his comments as nothing more than musing,
coming out of his opinions on the subject because he is frustrated by the whole
thing.

 RC>> I dont know about you, but as far as this topic goes, those whom
 RC>> want to enter the country illegally certainly is not deserving of
 RC>> any endearments from me.

 GB> Hey, call 'em what you want, its a free country. Just don't expect
 GB> people to always agree with you.

I havent called them anything more than illegals myself, but criminals, and
thats what these border crossers are, certainly arent deserving of politically
correct endearments. I am certain that you dont think pleasant things about
other criminals, especially if you know they are guilty as sin.

Worry more about John if he actually does goto the border and starts shooting.

==
Ross
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