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Re:If borders were open by conanbatt on Sunday July 23, 2017 @12:50AM (#14830954)
> then I'll be taxed to pay for them anyway. That's not "nothing".

Taxed to pay them what. If you have a beef with welfare programs in the us, you should take it with the welfare programs. Foreigners never had a voice or a vote in terms of what qualified for such kinds of programs.

> If the cultures are very different, and they come in huge numbers that refuse to assimilate, then I suffer dilution of mine. That's not "nothing" either.

This argument could be made verbatim against many things that today are considered bigotry or illegal.

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Re:If borders were open by fche on Sunday July 23, 2017 @08:58AM (#14832060)
> Foreigners never had a voice or a vote

Indeed - and they should not be a beneficiary either. Do you for a moment believe that "New Deal" / "Great Society" laws would ever have passed, if under the understanding that the whole population of the Earth would be entitled to receive it?

> This argument could be made verbatim ... that today are considered bigotry

That does not make the argument erroneous, only un-PC.

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Re:If borders were open by conanbatt on Sunday July 23, 2017 @08:56PM (#14835233)
> That does not make the argument erroneous, only un-PC.

It makes it heinous, because heinous things are said and done with that argument. "We shouldn't hire women, because they will affect the culture we have", etc.

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Re:If borders were open by fche on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:40PM (#14844393)
Are you of the impression that women are of a very different culture, come in huge numbers that refuse to assimilate? Where is this?
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