[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)

Craighead, Scot D craighead.scot at vectorscm.com
Tue Jun 18 17:45:15 UTC 2002


>Why is it a slap in their face?  I would venture to say that if you gave
the illegal
>immigrants the opportunity to become legal citizens, the vast majority
would do it in a
>heart beat.  The reason that they are illegal isn't because they like being
"rebels" or >"criminals" it is because they have no means of becoming legal
citizens.  It is not easy to >become a US Citizen.  I would also venture to
say that at least 50% of High School
>Students, who are US citizens and have grown up in this country, could not
pass the exam
>for citizenship, were they to take it.  Why is it so wrong to want to help
a neighbor
>instead of send them packing?

It is a slap in their face because they did go through all the BS required
to become citizens the right way.  Now we give someone else the same reward
for cheating.  I agree about the high school students not being able to pass
the test.  The solution should be to educate our kids better, not lower the
standard for everyone.  I would like to see that test a requirement for a
high school deploma.

>I don't know if I agree with this statement.  I think that the US is a
great country.  I
>think that the US is one of the only (perhaps the only) countries where
different cultures >can and should get along peacefully.  Because of its
diversity.  The reason that countries >are divided is because one culture
thinks it is better than the other.  Or one tribe gets
>greedy and takes what the other has.  The fact that a county is
multi-cultured isn't a
>recipe for disaster.  The recipe for disaster is intolerance and greed.  I
agree that
>communication is needed.  I agree that communication should be encouraged.
I agree that the >vast majority of immigrants would be greatly empowered if
they learned English, but I don't >agree that it is an absolute requirement.
I think that it should be a requirement for
>every US citizen to learn another language.  Be it Spanish, French, German,
Chinese,
>Japanese, whatever.  Is the strength of America the "ability to become our
equals" or is
>the strength of America that "all are equal"?  I believe the latter.

I did not say they need to give up their culture, only that they must learn
ours.  As I said before, every culture that has come here has added to our
culture.




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