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Re: this inflames me... (no OtR)
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Dan Temmesfeld wrote:
> this new USA PATRIOT Act, which i gather is in effect NOW, makes it
> lawful for the government to detain immigrants for no real substantial
> reason, for no real substantial amount of time. they can hold some one
> for how ever long they want, without charging them with any crime.
>
> this part is ridiculous, and it's racist and pre-judiced in nature.
Racist? In theory, could not these illegal immigrants be from England or
some similar country? (Not that everyone there is white, of course.)
> we stole this land in the first place... we should at least make it so
> it is a free land for anyone to live in.
It has been eight years since I last went to England, but I remember very
well how *strange* it felt to be in a place where the white population
could legitimately claim to be the "natives" of that place.
I also tend to do a double-take whenever people refer to the black
population in South Africa as "natives". In North America, being "black"
and being "native" are two entirely different things ...
> other than gas prices being outrageous, maybe Canada is not such a bad
> place to raise a family.
Gas prices aren't the only problem here. And remember, we had our little
flirtation with violating civil liberties to combat terrorism during the
FLQ crisis in October 1970 (the month that I was born, as it happens).
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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