MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin

> > While reading a thread featuring Mudkips here I wondered if anti-immigrant folks in
> > the U.S. realize that those folks who took the country from the native Americans
> WERE
> > immigrants.
>
> I wonder if those who make this comparison between Europeans taking over land
> populated largely by nomads and Mexicans illegally entering owned land that is part
> of a country with established laws regarding such actions ever bother to think beyond
> "they immigrated too."
>
> Don't pretend to be referring to all immigrants. Those who "hate all immigrants" are
> an ignorant and insignificant group akin to any other racists, to be dealt with as
> such. Then there's another group offended by those who choose not to assimilate into
> the culture they've chosen to live within. That is a rather widespread feeling,
> hardly limited to the United States. One should never choose to live in a place, then
> expect everyone there to change to suit you.
>
> As for immigration, Asians came here, wandered around, killed giant birds, giant
> sloths, mammoths, and each other. They were not about peace, love, and happiness.
> They were about getting what they wanted by whatever means required. The concept that
> they lived in harmony with nature stems from both their having been around long
> enough to know stuff, and their being more primitive.
>
> Then Europeans came and eventually killed those people. They took the land by force
> as those who were there had taken it from the previous residents, several times over
> several millennia.
>
> War is the way things happen, and a code of law unto itself. If people are invading
> your country, they should be repelled by the same sorts of methods that have always
> been used. If they come here in accordance with the rules, there's no need for that.

Says the trash that can`t admit that his also an invader.