[Vision2020] Words Bring Pause

[Donovan Arnold]

Paul Writes; "Which is downright ironic when you notice that the people proposing this aren't Native Americans."
   
  Perhaps if they had, they would still have all their people, land and culture. 
   
  A language is not just words, it is a culture and way of speaking. Any Native American will tell you that. No, I think being too kind, accommodating, and willing to share is what got the Natives in trouble. We should not repeat their mistakes. Flower power doesn't always work.
   
  The environment cannot handle the overpopulation, the rivers, like the Colorado are already drying up. The jobs are paying less. The smog is unbearable, and the cost of housing is too prohibitive with massive illegal and uncontrolled immigration. We need to discourage immigration into the US, and make sure we keep the diversity of culture we have in this country, not make the SW United States an extension of Mexico. 
   
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan
   
  
Pat Kraut <pkraut at moscow.com> wrote:
          "I think we are making a mistake - we should be trying to attract immigrants to this country."
  I do not think we are having any trouble in this area...immigration requests are flooding us.

    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Rumelhart 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause
  

The US and Canada are somewhat unique, given that 90+% of their populations are relatively recent immigrants (i.e. less than four hundred years).  English has been the defacto language of our country, but there is no real reason why that has to be so.  Which is downright ironic when you notice that the people proposing this aren't Native Americans.

I don't like the fact that this sends a message that immigrants better adhere to the status quo and behave themselves - or they will find themselves marginalized.  Which is downright ironic when you notice that the people proposing this aren't Native Americans.

I think we are making a mistake - we should be trying to attract immigrants to this country.

Paul


 
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