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To: MegaSilver
Yep. And when they make America into Mexico, they'll start going to Canada. Maybe THEN our nice Northern British friends will begin considering controlling immigration.

There are certain 'family value' items of the hispanic culture that we could use ... sometimes I wonder what would be worse, our continual downfall into politcal correct government, lessoning the family values more and more ... or just moving our capital from Washington to Mexico City and starting over!! ;-)

121 posted on 10/07/2004 12:48:37 PM PDT by AgThorn (Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
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To: AgThorn
There are certain 'family value' items of the hispanic culture that we could use ...

Like what? The highest dropout, illegitimacy, illiteracy, and crime rates of any group in the country? What you refer to as "'family value' items" are the things of Christian culture. If you think that the presence of Mexicans in the United States will help reenvigorate the Catholic Church, I suggest you read a little bit about the history of Catholicism in Mexico. The "Hispanic culture" (and not just in Mexico) has largely degenerated into gang, caste, and guerilla violence rather than a true Latin identity.

From my experience, the notion that Hispanics are "more religious" than the average American is disputable. Mass attendance may be higher, but this religious adherence seems often to be mostly or entirely cultural in nature. (There are of course exceptions, particularly among Christian exiles from Cuba.) As evidence, one need only look at the fact that Mass attendance in most of Latin America is pretty dismal.

122 posted on 10/07/2004 1:31:37 PM PDT by MegaSilver
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