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Skriven 2007-02-04 10:35:40 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26898 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Presidential race
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Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> 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
 EH> 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
 EH> 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,
 EH> 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
 EH> 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
 EH> 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
 EH> per year.

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

'specially those French Canadians  :)

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L'Chaim

Mimi

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