True or not?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

DUH.

Put the message in a shorter, nonemail forward format, and people may give a damn enough to read and reflect on it.

THIS

Originally Posted by LeslieAGD

Okay, I'll bite...it does not reflect my opinion. Breaking into someone's house (their individual, OWNED property) is not the same as coming into a "free" country (which no one owns, and which many of our ancestors - except the Native American Indians and Mexican Indians - immigrated to).

Agreed, it's a crap analogy in the first place. Also a racist one, I like how the "burglars" did all the housework. There's no assumptions being made their at all!

I agree that illegal immigration is wrong, but it's a case where punishing the immigrants isn't actually going to solve anything and we need to make systemic changes instead. And a wall is sooo not the answer.

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

So, if everyone dislikes the long post, why quote it in its entirity over and over?

Just wondering.

While the cut and paste may be too long, if it's something that came to a mailbox, you can't leave a link to it, right?

Or does everyone object to the subject, too?

Seems like some would like to discuss it.

A) it's posted multiple places online
B)You're not discussing it either, you've made it into a meta discussion of why we're not discussing the topic.
C) It's crap logic and not worth the time, in my opinion. I'd discuss immigration, but not in that context. Start from any sort of logical place and we'll see.

[LeslieAGD]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

It isn't the same but I also don't agree with illegal immigration--since we actually do have immigration laws.

I didn't say that there isn't a need for immigration laws, or that I support illegal immigration, my post refered to the stupiditiy of the editorial which was addressed in the beginning of the thread.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Agreed, it's a crap analogy in the first place. Also a racist one, I like how the "burglars" did all the housework. There's no assumptions being made there at all!

I agree that illegal immigration is wrong, but it's a case where punishing the immigrants isn't actually going to solve anything and we need to make systemic changes instead. And a wall is sooo not the answer.

Ditto, Drolefille!

There are millions of illegal immigrants currently in the US and it's unreasonable to believe we can kick them all out. We need to do three things (in this order)...1) Stop any more immigrants from coming into the country illegally by better securing all of our borders, 2) Deport any illegal immigrants who commit crimes once they are here, and 3) Get the illegal immigrants who are here on a path to citizenship.