<div dir="ltr">You ignorant fool. I'm not talking about "American Indians". I'm talking about the Native American Party, also known as the Know-Nothings and the Native Americans. Please learn your history. You are a throwback, sir.<br>
<br>And yes, from what you've said I think it's pretty accurate to call you a xenophobe and a racist. So, from what you're saying are we to deduce that indigenous Americans "failed" to protect their borders and thus they got what they deserved? I'm sure smallpox, syphilis, and muskets had nothing to do with it... They just needed to PROTECT THEIR BORDERS! LOL.<br>
<br>Jeffrey.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:10 PM, James Sissel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jimsissel@yahoo.com">jimsissel@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Ya, I've heard that "Native American" crap too. They didn't protect their borders and look what happened to them. I don't plan on that happening to the Unites States of America. We are not going to be singing "America The Beautiful" in Spanish, French, German, or any other language than English. Call me racist or xenophobe if you wish. When logic fails name calling is the next step. The point being right now, not "pre-1924", we have laws about immigration. (Gee, I wonder why those laws were written.)</div>
<div> </div> <div>And once again, for those who are too dim witted to understand, we are talking about ILLEGAL immigration and we don't care if it is North, South, East, or West. Illegal is illegal. When the burgler breaks into my house and demands I do things HIS way I have a problem with it.<div class="Ih2E3d">
<br><br><b><i>Jeffrey Watts <<a href="mailto:jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffrey.w.watts@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:</div></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> <div dir="ltr">Brian, I'm assuming from your name that you're not Native American (the modern usage). How did your forefathers come to this country? Did they get a visa from the US consulate in their country? Can you prove this? The reality is that unless one's relatives arrived after 1924 they most likely just showed up here.<br>
<br>I get what you're saying, but the term "illegal" is overused here to imply badness or criminality on the part of the immigrants. When someone changes lanes without signaling, they're driving "illegally" but you don't hear people freaking out about that. I'm not saying it's how things should be, but I am saying it's not the big Mexican Scare that the GOP and Lou Dobbs has been selling. They're normal folks, just like us, that just want to be able to work to support their families.<br>
<br>Instead of punishing them we ought to be
addressing the real problem, which is our crappy immigration policies and an environment where employers aren't punished for violating the minimum wage, social security, and medicare laws. If there weren't sweatshops, there'd be less border-jumping. If we allowed more working class folks to immigrate, they're be less border-jumping. If we didn't have hypocritical laws such as "wet foot / dry foot" there'd be less border-jumping. You do know that illegal Cuban immigrants are given green cards?<br>
<br>Anyhow, I do appreciate your reasoned rebuttal. I actually agree with a lot of what you're saying, I'm just arguing that we need to address the source of the problem instead of the symptoms.<br><br>Jeffrey<br>
<br></div></div></div></blockquote><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine<br>
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