Posted on 08/22/2006 5:40:12 AM PDT by radar101
Almost all of my family carries. Unfortunately, she was getting out of the river in her swimsuit when she was grabbed. From what I understand, she was the last one out of the water in her group when she was snatched. No one saw it happen. Thank God she's alive!
She arrives at the figure of 240,000 offenders – a conservative estimate, she says – through public records showing about 2 percent of illegals apprehended are sex offenders.
"oh, 2% of illegal aliens apprehended are sex offenders, obviously that means that 2% of all illegal aliens are sex offenders, even the old ones, the children and the women, and look, close to 10% of americans apprehended commited a murder, I guess that that means that 10% of americans are murderers".
Even a child could notice the flaws in that methodology, obviously that won't stop people from parroting these 'facts'.
Intellectual dishonesty is sickening.
I'm not against closing the border, I'm against people that make up facts just to support their point of view.
Prayers for your niece and the family.
This will certainly help the situation/NOT:
Mexico adds sex to school syllabus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687890/posts
Thank God indeed. No doubt her group feels terrible and somewhat responsible. I doubt there will be much swimming anymore with mexican looking people around. And when there is, the group will be watching each other like a hawk. The technical term for that is, "hypervigilance." Except obviously hypervigilance is necessary, when the enemy is among you. I recommend you study up now on clinical depression; she'll have it and it will have to be dealt with. She'll need the family's patience. A lot of people suffer from depression who've gone through a lot less trauma than she has.
For what it's worth, please tell her she is in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you and your family.
I appreciate your sentiment. Most posters here on FR agree that politics as "business as usual" must change, but are unwilling to support anyone but the "business as usual" candidates.
This is precisely WHY I constantly harp at my wife to be aware of her surroundings 24/7...100% of the time. All you need to do is slip up just once...I do not let her shop alone, and encourage her to do so only in groups.
I hope not...I just have a feeling that this is happening more than we think, but many women just aren't reporting it.
I think you are right. This can only get worse as Mex continues to empty out it's jails .
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I know what you're saying. There are a lot of things that can't be sadi anymore due to political correctness. It's real bad where I work, a large company.
Things are not always as they seem, Grasshopper.
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Oops! rong TV program reference.
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Would the 29% of Mexicans in Federal custody tell us anything? 'Specially when one remembers that they are not 29% of the population.
Just wondering.
» ....or most Ph.D's from our ivory towers.
Ph.D. = Pointy-headed Dweeb
A.K.A "Piled higher and Deeper".
Assuming all of the sex offenders are male and that half of the 300,000,000 people in the US are male, then 1 in every 625 males in the US are "illegal-immigrant sex offenders".
I've said basically the same thing ages ago. Since we have absolutely no respect for our basic laws, why would one expect an illegal alien to respect them. The first thing he or she does is break the law and sees that it isn't enforced. Our government sends a strong signal here.
This should come as no surprise for anyone with an ounce of common sense. However, when you head to DC, you leave your common sense behind in the old home town.
Agreed!
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