In These Times

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• • 23 Mar 06
  • 7:07 pm

  Deporting illegal aliens is reasonable, I suppose (It doesn't really solve the problem. More will be coming over the border the next day), but arresting them is ridiculous. Would you lock a kid up who just came into your yard to retrieve a baseball, or something? Of course not. And then Rocco's idea of arresting them and making the illegal aliens work for us is even worse. Vanella said it earlier. It's slavery. Wouldn't giving jobs to the unemployed be a bit more helpful for everyone involved? This country was founded on the belief that all men were created equal, right? …

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• • 24 Mar 06
  • 4:01 pm

  "We need to just built the wall and keep out anyone from crossing the border. Very simple...." People can climb over or tunnel under a wall, can't they? There's a reason people do the things they do. Making it harder to do whatever it is they're going to do won't solve the problem. A sick person will still be sick if their medicine got rid of the symptoms, but didn't get rid of the disease. There's a reason illegal immigrants are coming into the country. As kelliepowell said, the only way to stop illegal immigration is to fight global poverty. That's …

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• • 24 Mar 06
  • 9:32 pm

  Blessed are the merciful, tina1.

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