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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 08:42 AM
Response to Reply #35
37. I will state one more time, people are not 'illegals' nor 'legals'. Only actions are.
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  -We Need to Dump the Word "Illegal" sinkingfeeling  May-25-10 08:36 AM   #0 
  - "By implying criminality where there is none,"  Saturday   May-25-10 08:41 AM   #1 
  - Please explain what 'crime' was committed by college student Jessica Colotl .  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 08:49 AM   #4 
  - She was brought here ILLEGALLY .  jdlh8894   May-25-10 09:13 AM   #9 
     - So children should be held responsible for the deeds of their parents? Neither her parents nor she  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 09:53 AM   #11 
        - Valuable member of our society?  jdlh8894   May-25-10 10:17 AM   #12 
           - The same as any other college kid.  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 10:33 AM   #13 
              - Oh,please  jdlh8894   May-25-10 11:18 AM   #14 
                 - People are not 'illegal' nor 'legal'. That's what you don't get..  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 11:34 AM   #15 
                    - I kind of see your point.  jdlh8894   May-25-10 11:57 AM   #16 
                    - Thank you. The point is we 'demonize' people by the names we use. I mean we don't  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 01:25 PM   #19 
                       - These people are not just "here" in our country  skepticscott   May-25-10 07:22 PM   #26 
                       - Children, like the young woman above, did not make the 'conscious choice' and have no way of  sinkingfeeling   May-26-10 08:45 AM   #39 
                          - I love the way  skepticscott   May-26-10 11:48 AM   #45 
                       - "We don't ....  quickesst   May-25-10 10:12 PM   #35 
                          - I will state one more time, people are not 'illegals' nor 'legals'. Only actions are.  sinkingfeeling   May-26-10 08:42 AM   #37 
                    - They are not illegal...  avaistheone1   May-26-10 11:09 AM   #44 
  - I though killing people and seizing their property was a crime...  teknomanzer   May-27-10 12:24 PM   #46 
  - yes there's many subsitutute euphemisms/synonyms available nt  msongs   May-25-10 08:42 AM   #2 
  - Persons who illegally entered the Country ?  Florida Blue   May-25-10 08:46 AM   #3 
  - People are not 'illegal'. The act may be, but not people.  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 08:57 AM   #7 
     - Yes, those who have committed the illegal act  Florida Blue   May-25-10 03:26 PM   #21 
        - Did you even read the article?  sinkingfeeling   May-25-10 03:45 PM   #22 
  - Swimming up stream  zipplewrath   May-25-10 08:50 AM   #5 
  - " We need these people. We benefit on balance from having them here."  The Green Manalishi   May-25-10 09:05 AM   #8 
     - Immigration improves us  zipplewrath   May-25-10 09:42 AM   #10 
        - So you condone paying them less that an American worker would be entitled to? Because  salguine   May-25-10 06:16 PM   #25 
        - Yeah, you anti-"illegal" guys are just sooo concerned about the poor immigrants.  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 07:54 PM   #28 
        - Don't dodge the question and then presume to tell me what "the sum total" of  salguine   May-25-10 08:31 PM   #30 
           - No, I don't condone paying anyone below the minimum wage.  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 08:34 PM   #32 
        - No, it is not  zipplewrath   May-26-10 08:47 AM   #40 
        - Perhaps so  skepticscott   May-25-10 07:28 PM   #27 
           - Yeah, like before 1965, when they pretty much only let white Europeans in?  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 07:56 PM   #29 
           - Would you care to quote from  skepticscott   May-25-10 08:42 PM   #34 
           - And we are doing a bad job  zipplewrath   May-26-10 08:43 AM   #38 
  - In  Daveparts still   May-25-10 08:56 AM   #6 
  - I like the term " illegal"  BigD_95   May-25-10 12:25 PM   #17 
  - Oh Look...  Rebubula   May-25-10 12:40 PM   #18 
  - I see your point  onpatrol98   May-25-10 03:09 PM   #20 
  - How about just "immigrant," period?  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 05:09 PM   #23 
  - I think it's stretching the truth almost to the breaking point to say that "most"  salguine   May-25-10 08:34 PM   #31 
     - Perhaps. But the process was much simpler and easier then.  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 08:36 PM   #33 
        - And your point would be what?  skepticscott   May-26-10 05:11 AM   #36 
  - How about we call them what they really are...  teknomanzer   May-27-10 01:03 PM   #47 
  - Yeah, who the hell needs Jessica Colotl?  nomorenomore08   May-25-10 05:10 PM   #24 
  - "Illegal" is supposed to describe actions, not human beings  meow2u3   May-26-10 10:07 AM   #41 
  - I Support This View 100%  Demeter   May-26-10 10:10 AM   #42 
  - Immigration Woes  onpatrol98   May-26-10 11:05 AM   #43 
  - But they DO commit a crime, so why do we need to be faux PC about it?  ColesCountyDem   May-27-10 01:14 PM   #48 
 

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