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| By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:15 am
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A couple nights ago we watch a show called 30 days. Created by the same guy who ate McDonald's for 30 days and almost died from a Big-Mac attack. It's a reality TV series that makes trading places looks like child's play. The idea is try living as another person for 30 days. Basically a reality show based on the cliche "walk a mile in someone else's shoes."
It was interesting because this weekends rerun was based on illegal immigrants in the US. A hard-core minuteman soldier who commonly patrols the Mexico-US border, had to move in and live with a family of illegal immigrants for the month. This guy was hard-core anti-immigrant, and honestly thought that his stubborn pigheadedness might win out in the end. But in his last week living with the family, he boarded a plane to Mexico to visit the house the family lived in in Mexico. You know those images of home-made shacks you see in third world countries? Dirt floors, no electricity or running water? He saw the water supply, which was a larva infected puddle in the ground, and the remnant's of a curtain door, and a tree growing in the living room. His demeanor changed almost immediately.
I wonder if those that oppose immigration so harshly would have a better understanding of the reasons people do what they do, if they lived for 30 days in Mexico. Maybe only then would we actually have the authority to judge some one's reasoning for risking their lives to cross 130 degree deserts, just so their children could have a better life.
Maybe if Americans weren't so damn greedy we'd care more about the reasons people seek refuge here then some petty law to protect our rich, fat asses. |
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| By Sanjuro
Lacky
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:24 am
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Morgan Spurlock's show is actually pretty good. Its one of the top tier picks on my Tivo.
Yeah, if we were half as compassionate as we say we are, the only debate there would be would consist of how we could help the mexican people. Either through social programs here or help with real reform in Mexico (where I think the real answer lies).
Its no easy answer any way you look at it.
In a couple of weeks I see there is an episode called Christian/Atheist. Cant wait to see that one. Wonder if an atheist will be converted? (Cue Jovick) _________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do" -Mark Twain |
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| By Jovick
Religious Expert
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:09 pm
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A little related trivia here. Morgan Spurlock was my neighbor growing up. He lived one house over in my community. Of course I was around his older brother more than Morgan as he was just a real little kid at the time.
A Christian perspective on this whole thing can be summed up like this. The old testament endorses that a person should obey government (unless it conflicts with God's laws) and these people are clearly not obeying the US government. However the new testament endorses love and the golden rule. Since we aren't under the dispensation of law anymore and are now under the dispensation of Grace then the obvious conclusion is to help these people and show them love and compassion. |
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| By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:37 pm
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Whoa... wait a second here....
Did Jovick... just say what I think he said? Did Jovick just kinda agree with me????
You mean there is a Christian who actually thinks America should do more to help these people, rather then ship them back to their mud-hole in the barrios?
High-Five to Jovick... you get your cool points back for a little while. |
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| By Sanjuro
Lacky
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:45 pm
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Yay Jovick! I may not agree with your method of getting there, but am sure glad your are on board with compassion towards these (and all) people in this kind of plight.'
Beth: FYI: The Catholic church has been very much on the side of the illegal immigrants for some time now. |
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| By Jovick
Religious Expert
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:26 pm
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Beth: FYI: The Catholic church has been very much on the side of the illegal immigrants for some time now.
Before somebody is a catholic, baptist, methodist, or calvinist they must first be a Christian. The Christian faith is much stronger than the Christian religion or the buildings that they go in to on Sunday mornings.
My mother and father use to live in the desert near the Mexican border (New Mexico) and many times she would see the immigrants cutting across the hot (VERY hot) desert. She would give them food and water many times and although the Mexicans were too afraid to come around her I'm sure they appreciated her generosity. |
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| By RebelSnake
Features Reporter
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:32 pm
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With all the oil and beautiful coastline Mexico has to offer there is no legitimate reason for the population to be as poverty stricken as it is. They should be enjoying a standard of living similar to ours. The people need to rise up and replace their government with one that actually works. |
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| By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:27 pm
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RebelSnake wrote:
With all the oil and beautiful coastline Mexico has to offer there is no legitimate reason for the population to be as poverty stricken as it is. They should be enjoying a standard of living similar to ours. The people need to rise up and replace their government with one that actually works.
My guess is that is just as much our government that is opressing their country as it is their own. You know that think called the Colorado river.... it used to go to Mexico.... now... it's dry alot of the time down in Mexico....
I agree on the coastline, but they would have to open it up for-sale for foreign investors like beach hungry Los Angelesians with some money to blow. Unfortunatley they only lease beach front property to non-natives. |
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| By Anonymous2006
Guest
Published: Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:18 am
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beth wrote:
I wonder if those that oppose immigration so harshly would have a better understanding of the reasons people do what they do, if they lived for 30 days in Mexico. Maybe only then would we actually have the authority to judge some one's reasoning for risking their lives to cross 130 degree deserts, just so their children could have a better life. Maybe if Americans weren't so damn greedy we'd care more about the reasons people seek refuge here then some petty law to protect our rich, fat asses.
Your "compassion" is misdirected and counter-productive. I'd suggest doing a bit of research into this issue and then coming back with a more informed post:
http://lonewacko.com/illegal-immigration-introduction.html |
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| By beth
Executive Editor
Published: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:53 am
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Yeah... I'll do some more research over at "Lone Wacko dot com" .... the next time I write something. I don't have to do reserch since half of my extended family are illegal immigrants. |
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| By BillRules2006
Guest
Published: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:31 pm
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The lone wacko seems like avery credible source, I would not put him down right away. I mean he did spring to have his own URL...
Anyway, illegal immigration is just a product of the labor movement in the US. Big companies dont care about how work gets done, as long as they arent paying for it and it gets done. Wasn't wal-mart imorting mexicans??
Beyond that, we should help out Mexico, obviously something is better here than it is there.
By the way
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/04/national/main581731.shtml |
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| By Guest
Published: Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:19 am
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Maybe if Americans weren't so damn greedy we'd care more about the reasons people seek refuge here then some petty law to protect our rich, fat asses.
It's offical your are a liberal.
I don't have a problem with the best of Mexico relocating to the US. Unfortunatly for Mexicans, their goverment encourages the mass migration.
The real problem for us comes from the "illegal" part of the system. If Mexico spent as much time providing an education and encouraging students to become engineers, their problems could be solved in a few generations. |
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