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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby TheTurtle » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 19:40:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilIsMastery', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilIsMastery', 'I')f America becomes a Third World majority, God forbid, all the normal people will leave.


Where will they go?

Anywhere. It doesn't really matter. If you took all the Mexicans and put them in the United States the United States would become a Third World country. If you took all the Americans and put them in Mexico, Mexico would become the most successful country in the world.


So are you suggesting that all the Mexicans move here and all the "normal people" move to Mexico? Are should all of the "normal people" move to a nice Middle Eastern country? No, that probably wouldn't work. How about the UK? They're normal just like us, right? No wait, the UK has it's own problems with third worlders moving in.

So again, I ask, where will all the "normal people" go? Name a country, please.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 20:37:52

As long as Mexicans can get richer by moving to the US, they will continue to move to the U.S.

The movement of Mexicans to the US is likely to accelerate as a consequence of economic disruption caused by the drop in oil production at Cantarell and other Mexican oilfields. 8)
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby OilIsMastery » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 20:40:39

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', 'S')o are you suggesting that all the Mexicans move here and all the "normal people" move to Mexico?

No. I'm suggesting that Mexicans should improve their own country instead of trying to invade and ruin ours. Can't civilized people in the world have at least one country?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')re should all of the "normal people" move to a nice Middle Eastern country? No, that probably wouldn't work.

Who knows? Halliburton just relocated to Dubai so you never know.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ow about the UK? They're normal just like us, right? No wait, the UK has it's own problems with third worlders moving in.

Indeed. The UK is worse than some parts of Africa.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o again, I ask, where will all the "normal people" go? Name a country, please.

I don't know. My point is that the geographic location is irrelevant. What matters is culture.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Tyler_JC » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 20:58:02

Can we avoid the rantings against the people of Mexico and attempt to focus instead on Roccland's flamebait?

America will not turn into The Congo because the rule of law has been in place in the United States for more than 400 years. The Congo has never had the rule of law.

Violent criminals, especially violent sex criminals, get locked up in this country for a long time. In the Congo, criminals make up the majority of the "police" force.

Most law enforcement in the United States is based on the local/county system. Local police chiefs and county sheriffs find the bad guys and send them to the courts. The courts decide guilt or innocence and then send the people along to the corrections facilities. Prisons don't cost that much money compared to other parts of the budget (trust me) and even in a depression, we aren't going to let murderers and rapists go free. Perhaps we could let the non-violent drug offenders go free instead?

I don't care how much oil we have, there will still be police forces and the bad guys will still pay for their crimes.

Why? Because security is an extremely high priority.

In the Congo, the "police" are nothing but teenagers with machine guns and badges.

The comparison between America and Zaire is nonsense.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby OilIsMastery » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 21:58:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'A')merica will not turn into The Congo because the rule of law has been in place in the United States for more than 400 years. The Congo has never had the rule of law.

Violent criminals, especially violent sex criminals, get locked up in this country for a long time. In the Congo, criminals make up the majority of the "police" force.

What do you think will happen to the "laws" in this country when the Third World majority takes over Congress? Bye bye Constitution; hello rape.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Plantagenet » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 22:48:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')o again, I ask, where will all the "normal people" go? Name a country, please.


Australia is very nice and doesn't share a border with a third-world country, so the immigration problem is less severe then in the US or Europe 8)
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Roccland » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 22:56:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')an we avoid the rantings against the people of Mexico and attempt to focus instead on Roccland's flamebait.


Interesting Tyler...

So do tell...what criteria did you apply to come to this conclusion?

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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby OilIsMastery » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:02:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilIsMastery', 'A')t the rate our demographics are changing it eventually will happen in America, though not necessarily to "us."

Look no further than the mass rape wave coming from the foreign invaders from Mexico aka illegal aliens.

If America becomes a Third World majority, God forbid, all the normal people will leave.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Baldwin » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:10:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'S')orry, I am not leaving. My grandfather came over during the Mexican revolution. I,m third generation and as American as apple pie. I vote, pay taxes and have never been arrested and I'm pushing sixty. My dad flew B-17s in WW II. His 25 missions over Germany earned my right to be here.


Are you a white or non-white hispanic? Depending on which, you will end up either at the forefront or a step behind the SHTF. People are ignorant. They don't care if a Mexican man and his ancestors have lived in California (or what is now American land) since the days of the rancheros (pre-1848). If you're brown, you're screwed.

I see these guys cutting the lawns. They're obviously South American. Some are seedy (eyeing sisters and daughters). Most are pretty friendly. I was walking my husky and they were pretty nice. Enough who come across are evading justice. Many are looking for a living and not for a rape spree. To be honest, in a SHTF scenario, I'd rather be with a hard-working immigrant (illegal or not) than some fat, lazy "Made in China" flag waving patriot.

I do also recognize the possibility of racial tensions, and I have no intention of sitting and singing kum-by-ya when the S hits the F.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby JoeW » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:13:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'I')'m a Mexican American who can't even speak spanish. Does that make me better than myself?

Not really. We all choose to make ourselves whatever we are, regardless or our race or gender.

We can all choose every day whether we want to help people, or hurt people...whether we want to be givers or takers. Givers and takers come in all colors in my experience.
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby OilIsMastery » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:20:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', 'I')f you're brown, you're screwed.

???

The last time I checked there are Caucasian Mexicans and Hispanic Americans. How does this fit into your racist stereotype?

And if people with brown skin are so "screwed" in America, how do you explain the success of Oprah Winfrey, Bob Johnson, Ken Chenault, Irving "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson, Sean "P Diddy" Combs, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, etc? I guess America just hates brown people :roll:
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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby TheDude » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:22:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'I')'m a Mexican American who can't even speak spanish. Does that make me better than myself?


:lol:

You do have a way with words.

This topic is just so much hot methane. HOF time.

Racist douchebags are definitely in the ascendancy. Turn on some talk radio if you have any doubts:

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Re: So explain to me why this won't happen to us...

Postby Baldwin » Tue 31 Jul 2007, 23:46:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OilIsMastery', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Baldwin', 'I')f you're brown, you're screwed.

???

The last time I checked there are Caucasian Mexicans and Hispanic Americans. How does this fit into your racist stereotype?

And if people with brown skin are so "screwed" in America, how do you explain the success of Oprah Winfrey, Bob Johnson, Ken Chenault, Irving "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson, Sean "P Diddy" Combs, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, etc? I guess America just hates brown people :roll:


You really missed the point of the post.
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