[geeks] Re: [rescue] It's official, the U.S. is screwed for 4 more years

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 @ 14:34 -0800, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez said:

> On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:55:11 -0500
> 
> >Also, consider the other country's viewpoint: do they want a citizen
> >that has demonstrated he will leave when things don't happen the way
> >he likes them to?
> 
> It would be interesting exercise to figure out how many Americans
> would not be here today (esp. in this list), had the US implemented a
> similar point of view regarding inmigration during the past century
> and a half or thereabouts.

It would more interesting if people would maintain the context of the
original posting: leaving because an election didn't go your way.

The immigrants who came to America had different reasons, and that's not
the same thing.  


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