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glen123098 (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:05 PM Original message |
Would you cross the border? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. My situation's so far removed from that one that I can't honestly say what I'd do. (nt) |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sure I would. No different than what the people coming off the Mayflower did. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Living here - and in abject poverty with no national narrative |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great question, rec'd. I know my relatives 'crossed the border', i.e., |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Absolutely. I wouldn't hesitate one bit. n/t |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Pretend, for a moment, that you are not a US Citizen |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Wow... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sure. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. I would, but that doesn't make the act any less illegal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Violating immigration law to survive or that your family may survive |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'd sell crack too if my family didn't have food or shelter. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. My grandmother crossed several of them. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. In a farking heartbeat. I've been there - to "real" Mexico. Had relatives in absolute poverty. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. I really don't know.. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Stay in the Sports Forum. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And just how the fuck do you think you would accomplish that? You were born on third base. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Luck of the draw.. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I'm sorry. I won't be letting you slide the goalposts or change the subject like that. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. They are here and building a better standard of living for themselves |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. How about legal aliens do they have rights or is it only "real" citizens. |
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gimama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. The 'border' crossed US.. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes (nt) |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. In a hot minute |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. Would you steal from a store if you needed to feed your family? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I would dumpster dive. Lots of good stuff in there. If that ran dry - Yes. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. yup... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Of course I would. And I'll fight in solidarity with those who are here. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. those who do |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. a better question to ask is if people have the fortitude to cross the border.. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. + 1000, and something no one usually thinks about. Thanks. nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. What, no recs? Why? nt |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. To feed my kids... |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hey, I came down from Canada for a better way of life... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Without a moment's hesitation. Now go rec this thread |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Thanks |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. I probably would too after doing everything I could to improve my own country |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. obviously, you've never seen real Mexico. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. No, I haven't. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. People who have to spend every waking hour |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. If it is easier to leave, why not? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. If I could still work as a nurse |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. + Me and mine. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. The only difference between an illegal alien and a pilgrim |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. I'm sure I would |
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