To: SirLinksalot
If you replace "immigrant" with "slave" in that article it reads exactly like the arguments the apologists for slavery used in the 1840s.
21 posted on
05/29/2006 11:34:28 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
If you replace "immigrant" with "slave" in that article it reads exactly like the arguments the apologists for slavery used in the 1840s. True! But then I didn't know to many slaves that were so desperate for an improved life that they were willing to pay human smugglers to get here.
24 posted on
05/30/2006 4:34:34 AM PDT by
LowCountryJoe
(I'm a Paleo-liberal: I believe in freedom; am socially independent and a borderline fiscal anarchist)
To: FreedomCalls
Excellent observation! I thought the same thing, but you articulated it far better than I could have.
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