HEMISFEAR
11-10-09, 05:26.52 PM
Someone recently wrote a great 'Letter to the Editor' to the local paper. They cut to it quickly and explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.
The letter said:
Recently, large demonstrations have taken place across the country
protesting the fact that parliament is finally addressing the issue of
illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that Canada might actually
want to protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this
country and, once here, make it harder (as an illegal immigrant) to stay
indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these
protests.
Let's say I break into your house. Then, when you discover me in
your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, 'I've made all the beds and
washed the dishes and done the laundry and swept the floors; I've done all
the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for
when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you
must add me to your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide
other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work
because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking-in
part.)
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my
friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my illegal
right to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house
than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and
honest, um, except for well, you know. And what a deal it is for me!!
I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my
keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of
selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want
you to learn my language so you can communicate with me! English is too
hard for me to learn. You should also allow me to vote - in my own language,
since I live in your house!
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?
The letter said:
Recently, large demonstrations have taken place across the country
protesting the fact that parliament is finally addressing the issue of
illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that Canada might actually
want to protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this
country and, once here, make it harder (as an illegal immigrant) to stay
indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these
protests.
Let's say I break into your house. Then, when you discover me in
your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, 'I've made all the beds and
washed the dishes and done the laundry and swept the floors; I've done all
the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for
when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you
must add me to your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide
other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work
because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking-in
part.)
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my
friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my illegal
right to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house
than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and
honest, um, except for well, you know. And what a deal it is for me!!
I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my
keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of
selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want
you to learn my language so you can communicate with me! English is too
hard for me to learn. You should also allow me to vote - in my own language,
since I live in your house!
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?