This spells it out

[willy]

I thought he was Spanish, still feel the same, it is mostly about South Americans stealing into our country. That is the major illegal alien problem we have.
we don't have a major problem with Slovicks stealing across our border, nor Asians.

[CaptJ]

Wow, haven't checked on this but it appears to have gone viral and has taken a direction I never would have anticipated. When I forwarded this, from an email I received, I did not even contemplate racism. I saw it as eye opening, be it exaggerated, dollars earned comparing illegal and legal people.

For the record, I am far from racist and have many friends of many ethnicities. All four of my grandparents came off of a boat and through Ellis Island. Obtaining their citizenship the long hard way.

I do not feel that we should have illegals from any country living in the USA. Earning an untaxed living, medical care and much more. If you want to come here do it legally, like my ancestors and two of my in-laws.

Those were my feelings. We all read and interpret things differently, it all stems from our personal life experiences.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by CaptJ

Wow, haven't checked on this but it appears to have gone viral and has taken a direction I never would have anticipated. When I forwarded this, from an email I received, I did not even contemplate racism. I saw it as eye opening, be it exaggerated, dollars earned comparing illegal and legal people.

For the record, I am far from racist and have many friends of many ethnicities. All four of my grandparents came off of a boat and through Ellis Island. Obtaining their citizenship the long hard way.

I do not feel that we should have illegals from any country living in the USA. Earning an untaxed living, medical care and much more. If you want to come here do it legally, like my ancestors and two of my in-laws.

Those were my feelings. We all read and interpret things differently, it all stems from our personal life experiences.

I never figured you for a racist CaptJ. I sincerely hope that neither you or anyone else took it that way. I felt the post was racist, since it targeted just one race of people, instead of all illegals, however we all know that these types of posts are usually copy/paste items from other sources.

And besides, as long as they are done without rancor, personally I feel that intense discussions like this one are actually a good thing. They provide an opportunity for people to express how they feel about a subject. If people don't talk about things, how will others know and be able to agree or disagree with them?

[CaptJ]

No worries on this end Destroyer. Like you, I truly enjoy reading and discussing these issues.

[sawbuck]

you guys are splitting hairs .make jose legal and joe illegal ...do we still have same problem ?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by sawbuck

you guys are splitting hairs .make jose legal and joe illegal ...do we still have same problem ?

25 million illegals in this country is hardly hair splitting. The fact that more than half of them are of Spanish heritage does not mean that you castigate the entire Spanish race because of it.


It's obvious you don't see the reason for my post, so I'll put you in the "horse to water" catagory and move on. Have a good day.

[awthacker]

Does it change how anyone feels if I point out that Jose is actually Mexican, not Spanish?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by awthacker

Does it change how anyone feels if I point out that Jose is actually Mexican, not Spanish?

Only if you can somehow convince me that Mexicans are not part of the Spanish heritage.