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Skriven 2007-02-04 00:16:58 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26890 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Presidential race
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Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG> Ed Hulett -> TIM RICHARDSON wrote:
 EH>> TIM RICHARDSON -> ED HULETT wrote:
 TR>>> On 02-02-07, ED HULETT said to ROSS CASSELL:


 RC>>>> Then chalk it up as a unpolite endearment he uses towards latinos
 EH>> whom
 RC>>>> cross the border illegally.


 EH>>>> I point out racism when I see it.


 RC>>>>>> Before calling him a racist, has he referred to all latinos as
 RC>>>>>> wetbacks?


 EH>>>>> He doesn't have to.


 RC>>>> Yes he does.


 EH>>>> And who says he doesn't? If he's willing to use the term in a public
 TR>>> forum
 EH>>>> he's already shown that he's a racist.



 TR>>> I got some bad news for you;


 TR>>> The term "Wetback" is yet another one of those words that got
 EH>> hijacked by some
 TR>>> special interest group, and made out to be `racist' or `bigot' or
 EH>> (insert your
 TR>>> favorite demonizing buzz-word here).

 EH>> Good grief, one more person trying to defend the indefensible.

 TR>>> The term "Wetback" was used to denote those who came into the country
 TR>>> illegally, either by crossing one of the rivers in America that
 EH>> seperate
 TR>>> either Mexico or Canada from the United States, either by swimming,
 TR>>> boating or wading.

 EH>> I've been around long enough to know where the term came from, Tim. It
 EH>> was used by citizens of Texas to describe Mexicans who swam or waded
 EH>> across the Rio Grande. It has never been used to describe anyone
 EH>> crossing into the US from Canada. Never.

 TR>>> In the Northwest U.S. there appear to be a couple of rivers in the
 EH>> state of
 TR>>> Washington that are in both the U.S. and Canada.

 EH>> Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

 EH>> Nice try, but no dice.

 EH>> There is no river one can cross to enter Washington from Canada. They
 EH>> can walk across '0' Avenue, but that doesn't make one a "wetback."

 EH>> The "couple" of rivers that cross the border do so in very remote
 MG> areas
 EH>> and there have been no cases where Canadians have used these rivers to
 EH>> gain entry into the US.

 TR>>> There is also the Great Lakes, four of which have shores in both
 EH>> Canada and
 TR>>> the U.S., not to mention the Niagra River, and the St. Lawrence.

 EH>> The term "wetback" isn't used for anyone coming to the US from Canada.
 EH>> Never has been.

 MG> Of course not, in fact there are probably *NO* derogative words for
 MG> Canadians who come to the US, because unlike all Latin American
 MG> countries, Canada doesn't face a quota of how many can come here per year.

The only difference between Canadians and USians is that Canadians pronounce
some words strangely. Eh? :-)

Ed

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