1. They hate us for our freedom.
2. When they try to come here and share in our freedom, we get pissed and try to keep them out.
Somehow, I don’t think the word “freedom” is the word that plugs in well for that sentence. Let’s try some other word to indicate the bounty of things we have here– let’s try “wealth”.
1. They hate us for our wealth.
2. When they try to come here and share in our wealth, we get pissed and try to keep them out.
That sounds more like it to me, no? How about you?
1. They hate us for our radar guided bombs.
2. When they come here and try to share their non-radar guided bombs with us we get pissed and drop radar guided bombs on somebody else.
Who’s “they”?
I thought the “they” in “They hate us for our freedom” referred to terrorists. In which case, I think we would WANT to keep them out.
The ones who want to come here and share the wealth are, I assume, the illegal aliens. I actually have no problem with them. I work with some of their kids.
I DO have a problem with them being put in the same category as the terrorists. I know that wasn’t your intent but…
I didn’t pick up on that when I responded, but Bill Mulligan’s point is valid. Illegal immigrants and terrorists are separate, or mostly separate, subgroups.
1. They hate us because we have a humongous all-you-can-eat buffet.
2. When they try to come in through the window instead of the front door where the cashier is to share in the buffet, we get mad and kick them out.
That is more the situation.
But we will hire them to take out the trash.
Bill & Jeffrey: We sure seem to treat everybody outside the country nowadays as terrorists. Have you been reading the reports from travel firms and conference planners about the severe drop-off in foreign business?
R.J.: The analogy holds if you add: most of us were born in the restaurant, after grandpa snuck in; we put more on our plate than we could possibly eat, and our garbage can be smelled from across the street and attracts rats.
And let’s not even count the number of people who try to cut out on the check who are here, or those that demand refunds after they’ve piled up so much food that they can’t even see over their plates.
David: They can clean our dishes. We don’t want them to have access to our good trash.
After grandpa snuck in? Surely you are not equating immigrants with illegal aliens? All those people who lined up at Ellis Island, who followed the rules, who earned their citizenship, and who are now just as ticked off at this free pass being given illegal aliens (“undocumented workers” is a joke; Reid’s “undocumented Americans” comment is an insult).
Let them come to America. Just do it legally, that’s all we ask.
Bill & Jeffrey: We sure seem to treat everybody outside the country nowadays as terrorists.
It depends on the definition of “we” “seem” “everybody” and “terrorists”
I work with illegal immigrants (or whatever description you wish to give them). While I am not entirely happy with their treatment here there is no way they are being treate das terrorists…unless you think that terrorists are being allowed into the country, able to easily obtain jobs, id, drivers licenses, education for their kids, etc, etc.
I don’t know about any drop off in in foreign business but the large amount of people trying to get into the country would seem to indicate that we are not treating them as poorly as you think–these folks aren’t stupid. If we treated them as badly as…oh, for example, Mexico, treats those who come in illegally, I don’t think we’d even have this as an issue.
I’m sorry, but this sems like an overstatement of imp[ressive proportions, and I’m probably closer to your side of the immigration issue than you think. I don’t, however, think that demonizing the opposition will be at all helpful–quite the opposite.
It’s always nice to watch Glenn get his metaphorical hat handed to him on his own blog. Reassuring, even — a reminder that some things never, ever change.