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To: pyx
"Which one do you think these moslem wefare recipients who don't speak Englsh, will choose ?"

The U.S. accepted them as refugees from the never-ending Somali civil war, which would make them mostly if not 100% Christian. You shouldn't fault them for failing to learn English before coming here -- they had more immediate concerns like dodging bullets. Now that they are here, they need help -- not blind, self-righteous, knee-jerk condemnation. One would ordinarily expect "pyx" to connote some modicum of Christian charity and good will.

By the way, you might want to get a map and figure out where Somalia is -- Urdu is certainly not a commonly heard language there.

9 posted on 05/20/2002 7:47:51 AM PDT by OBAFGKM
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To: OBAFGKM
By no means am I condeming them.

My main concern is Maine is poverty struck. And now we have to "try" to support hundreds more people.

It doesn't make sense to me, when we can't find jobs for our own Mainers, and we are feeding immigrants who are on welfare. That is my main concern here.

10 posted on 05/20/2002 7:50:10 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: OBAFGKM
"One would ordinarily expect "pyx" to connote some modicum of Christian charity and good will."

And people who have concern for their country must not voice their concern, or they will be called unchristian.

Forget it. That angle is getting very old. You add on a few bedrooms to your house, and take in a few families. That is the Christian thing to do.

12 posted on 05/20/2002 8:07:45 AM PDT by Don Myers
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To: OBAFGKM
Dodging bullets? Life is hard. And progress does not come without sacrifice. Americans sacrifice their young to fight for the freedom we enjoy. We don't run away in hourdes to someone else's homeland.
30 posted on 05/22/2002 6:09:51 AM PDT by Risa
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