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What If Arizona Were Quebec?
Quote:What If Arizona Were Quebec?
By Michael Filozof
Suppose for a moment that 15 million Americans -- the population of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut combined -- sneaked across the border into Quebec. Suppose that these illegal immigrants refused to learn to speak French, that they applied for Canadian welfare, that they reproduced at a rate higher than Quebec's residents, and that they bankrupted Canada's socialized medical system. Suppose that they sent their children to Canadian schools in such large numbers that Quebec's school system had to teach "French as a Second Language" courses.
Suppose that the 15 million illegal American aliens included large numbers of criminals, drug dealers from Vermont, and arms traffickers, causing Quebec's crime rate to soar; that they comprised 20% to 30% of Quebec's prison inmates; and that they routinely evaded capture by Canadian authorities by sneaking back across the border, where they engaged in gang warfare.
Suppose that the illegal Americans congregated in packs on Montreal street corners, looking for day labor for which they did not pay taxes, and drove through the streets of Quebec without driver's licenses or motor vehicle insurance. Suppose that the illegals marched openly in the streets of Montreal, waving the Stars and Stripes, celebrating the Fourth of July, and demanding amnesty. Suppose that illegal American college students formed radical pro-U.S. organizations on Quebec's campuses and demanded resident tuition discounts and affirmative-action preferences. ---MORE---
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05-03-2010 09:32 AM |
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DrTorch
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
The problem with this column is that the author assumes that people are logical and rational.
There have been dozens of reasons why AZ's efforts are sound and valid. Yet the protestors don't care. They want nothing to do w/ rational thought, they only want a slice of wealth that they are convinced they are "entitled" to. They pay no mind to the logical reality that their efforts will destroy that wealth, for everyone. They pay no mind to any logic or reality, except that others have something they want.
This is about the emotion of envy. It has nothing to do w/ logic.
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05-03-2010 09:37 AM |
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RobertN
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
Who cares?
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05-03-2010 10:32 AM |
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
If the blogger's hypothetical scenario was reality, media reaction across the globe (particularly in Europe) would be damning the "arrogant, self-entitled Yankees who blatantly disregard their northern neighbor's laws".
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2010 11:19 AM by Motown Bronco.)
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05-03-2010 11:18 AM |
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SumOfAllFears
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
Words of truth.
Quote:Even the president has criticized Arizona's law, calling instead for granting citizenship to illegals. What else would you expect from a president who spent his childhood in Indonesia, bowed to foreign emperors, gave a campaign speech as a citizen of the world in Berlin, and who currently has an aunt living as an illegal alien on welfare in Boston? Certainly it is unrealistic to expect that he will serve the interests of the United States.
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05-03-2010 01:04 PM |
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smn1256
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
Well, Canada didn't seem to mind 125,000 draft dodgers sneaking into their country but I'm sure 15,000,000 oppositional, demanding, and violent people would do more than raise eyebrows.
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05-03-2010 09:00 PM |
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RE: What If Arizona Were Quebec?
Is the author from Canada? Because Quebec has Anglo- and Franco schools and not everybody speaks french full-time anyway. I know that it isn't the point but maybe he should've picked another country.
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05-04-2010 08:51 AM |
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