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

J Henshaw jeff at jhenshaw.com
Tue Jun 18 11:07:01 UTC 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hampton" <John.Hampton at gijoes.com>
To: <plug-talk at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: RE: [PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Sounds good to me ;)


Scott said:
>>It is a slap in their face because they did go through all the BS required
>to become citizens the right way.

>Thanks for clarifying that.  Now for my opinion: I think that the problem
lies in people who think that illegal immigration is a slap in the face.  I
welcome those who come here to try to better their lives, whether the do it
legally or illegally[1].  I think that instead of vilifying illegal
immigrants and feeling like something has been robbed from us, or like we
have been slapped in the face, we should help them become citizens and help
them become good members of our society.  This is not done by closing our
borders.  What this world needs is more people who are willing to accept
people as they are instead of changing them to what they want to be.
Diversity is a good thing.

Why must I be the only one to change? I am not the one escaping the
injustice elsewhere that I won't fight for in my homeland,  they are.


>>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.

>Please, pray tell, what is "our" culture?

Pray, indeed.


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