On Thu 30 July 2009 9:32:57 am Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Craig White<craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 06:43 -0700, JD Austin wrote:
> >> I was waiting to see how long until racism was called :)
> >> It is a fact that illegal immigration is costing Az and Ca plenty and
> >> pointing that out doesn't make him hate filled or racist. I don't
> >> blame them for coming here... If I were them I'd do it too. We need
> >> to remove the 'free' incentives that we can no longer afford to
> >> provide. They're not the only demographic freeloading services;
> >> plenty of Americans game the system (generations!) to get a free ride
> >> too.
> >
> > ----
> > first off, the topic of racism, state budgetary issues have no purpose
> > for this list
> >
> > secondly, this was blatant scapegoating...blaming the economic problems
> > on a particular issue - if you are not smart enough to deduce that the
> > issues the state is currently facing on budgetary shortfalls has nothing
> > to do with undocumented residents then there really isn't any point in a
> > debate on any other list as well and it obviously isn't worth debating
> > here. There's no reason whatsoever to debate the
> > worthiness/unworthiness, the reasons or the issues of Mexicans in this
> > country on this list.
> >
> > I didn't suggest racism...I suggested narrow political commentary being
> > offered as fact.
>
> "I find it offensive in every way that first JMZ linked the racist
> article and now you found it worthy to paste." -you, about 3 posts ago
>
> do you even think about what you're writing?
>
> btw- I agree with JD. Playing the 'racism' card in typical boomer
> fashion only serves to short-circuit a very important debate. We need
> to examine our priorities here. Were going to drastically cut
> education, even sell off the state senate building instead of cutting
> services to non-americans? Hiding behind the ghost of Martin Luther
> King is not going to fix the problem. Pretending this is not a
> problem may buy us a few years- let me guess... just long enough for
> Craig to ride out retirement?
There, I just had to take care of something.
Okay NOW feel free.
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