zwyts wrote:WEATHER53 wrote:Interesting thread. It is a divide and conquer and I think the Euros can see thru the scam. I also believe that some of the other countries would not be as squeamish concering reprisals as we seem to be if their civilians are paraded about and harmed. We still do not seem to want to go to any length, citing it is not civilized to use certain methods. I think it is far more uncivilized to use carpet methods that kill civilians and rile the populous than it would be to use some behinds the scenes stuff like assassination and even torture to get us directly to the root of the problem.
Concerning immigration, the land of the free was once a place where people of other lands came, were generally not treated very hospitably initially, but went through the rigors of learning the language and assimilating, and became part of- with all the benefits thereof. Now no one wants to assimilate, learning the language has become politically incorrect, working for the benefits is too hard so must just give it away, afro-American and other prefixes is bunk, I am no euro-American just American, and achieving a life in American is being changed to being given a life in America and the concept of making admission to the free country essentially "free", well I guess it's worth what you paid for it.
I highly doubt that those who were brought here from Africa as slaves and were legally forbidden opportunities until 40 years ago would agree with your assertions about prefixes.
There is no corollary between this statement and mine. Also, living in the past keeps you with the results of the past.