Chicano Forums - check out this posting rule

[zeezil]

I was cruising the Chicano Forums today, and discovered this rather interesting posting rule (see #7)

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Rule #7 would count out 90% of our postings. We'd have to start using: undocumented Americans, undocumented workers, workers without papers, babies of undocumented mothers, babies of mother workers without papers, babies of undocumented mother workers of America....

[controlledImmigration]

The good news is they forgot to exclude:

Criminals, freeloaders, aliens, pedophiles, racists, murders, ingrates, communists and gang bangers to name a few.

[NCByrd]

Maybe we can use 'SINKER" babies

[crazybird]

What.....undocumented workers in which many undocumented don't work and lets see.....children born on American soil from undocumented parents. Sound nicer? Probably don't like undocumented either. Maybe document free..... As far as I'm concerned what they ban is about as nice as I can get. It is what it is.

[IndianaJones]

How about invaders, border-jumpers and instant meal tickets, can we use those??? Give me a break.

[Oldglory]

I find it funny that on those pro-illegal forums they get all touchy about terms like "anchor baby" and "illegal aliens" and yet they don't hesitate to call us xenophobes, racists, rednecks, mayonaise militia, johnny sixpac, etc. I find those terms much more insulting and false than the terms of anchor baby and illegal alien which do fit the bill. In fact illegal alien is the term our government uses to describe those in this country without papers. The term anchor baby means that an illegal had a baby on our soil and therefore anchored themselves unto our country.

I also find it insulting when they say this country belongs to them in spite of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago and the 15 million that was paid to Mexico for some southwestern states. Or that those of European ancestry are here illegally even though their families have been here since it's founding or arrived legallly through Ellis Island. The pro-illegals are nothing but a bunch of truth-spinners and hypocrites.

[Sam-I-am]

I also find it insulting when they say this country belongs to them in spite of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago and the 15 million that was paid to Mexico for some southwestern states. Or that those of European ancestry are here illegally even though their families have been here since it's founding or arrived legallly through Ellis Island. The pro-illegals are nothing but a bunch of truth-spinners and hypocrites.

People should realize that this 15 million (paid in the mid 19th century) would be equivalent to $313 million in 2006 dollars (wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_ ... pe_Hidalgo). We also give
65 million dollars to Mexico in FREE foreign aid a year (and we have been for the last 20 years).

[Bowman]

People should realize that this 15 million (paid in the mid 19th century) would be equivalent to $313 million in 2006 dollars

Actually including the Gadshen purchase we paid them about $30 million, equal to almost $1 billion today. $1 billion for undeveloped dirt that was mainly controlled by Indians!

[Dixie]

Spoken like a true Liberal. As long as it is "art" then it's not offensive.

Dixie

[redpony353]

I also find it insulting when they say this country belongs to them in spite of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago and the 15 million that was paid to Mexico for some southwestern states. Or that those of European ancestry are here illegally even though their families have been here since it's founding or arrived legallly through Ellis Island. The pro-illegals are nothing but a bunch of truth-spinners and hypocrites.

AND IT WASNT REALLY THEIRS TO SELL. THE SPANISH TOOK IT FROM THE INDIANS WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME.

AND ....LET'S SEE WHO ARE THE DECENDENTS OF THE SPANISH? OH THATS RIGHT....LATINOS. SO THEY REALLY HAVE NO ROOM TO TALK.

LIKE USUAL, IT WAS OK FOR THEIR ANCESTORS TO TAKE THE LAND FROM THE AMERICAN INDIANS...BUT WHEN OUR ANCESTORS TOOK IT .....OR BOUGHT IT FROM THEIR ANCESTORS, THEN SUDDENLY IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO IN TRUE FORM, THEY ARE SAYING WHAT IS OK FOR THEIR ANCESTORS TO DO IS NOT OK FOR OUR ANCESTORS.

FINALLY, WITH ALL OF THEIR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE UNFAIRNESS TO THEIR ANCHOR BABIES, THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY THAT OUR BIRTHS HERE DONT MEAN ANYTHING.

AGAIN, THEIR ANCHOR BABIES HAVE RIGHTS, AND OUR AMERICAN BORN CITIZENS ARENT SUPPOSE TO.