[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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