What is all of this malarky about not being able to call illegal aliens illegal aliens because they are people? How uneducated would you have to be to believe someone is saying you are a martian or little green space man because they call you an alien? I implore you to pick up Webster's dictionary and find out what it means.
Alien) 1. belonging to another country or people; foreign
2. a foreigner
3. a foreign-born resident in a country who has not become a naturalized citizen
4. an outsider
This being so, isn't calling them aliens just as politically correct as saying undocumented person?
2006-10-31 06:46:31 · 23 answers · asked by asdfjkl; 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
mc, offensive stereotyping? It means what it means. Sorry if you don't like it. BTW, there already is offensive stereotyping against Americans...
2006-10-31 07:19:47 · update #1
It surely is. I am so sick and tired of all the pansys out there that take offense if you so much as tell them their fingernail is looking yellow from all the smoking they are doing. GET OVER IT! Ilegal aliens are illegal aliens. I mean...what are people trying to do? Brainwash us into thinking they are less of criminals if they are referred to as undocumented persons rather than illegal aliens? Its all a bunch of BS.
2006-10-31 06:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
ORDINANCE NO. BL2006-1234
B. "Illegal Alien" means an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States, according to the terms of United States Code Title 8, section 1101 et ...
http://www.nashville.gov/mc/ordinances/bl2006_1234.htm
Voice of the people - Chicago Tribune - Blogs.
Illegal alien means illegal. Period. This is a response to the voice of the people by J Labno. This person says that a path of citizenship must be paved for ...
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_opinion_letters/2006/08/illegal_alien_m.html
alien: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com
Entry means legal admittance and the freedom from official restraint. Its benefits are tangible: generally, aliens recognized by law to have gained entry ...
http://www.answers.com/topic/alien
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT - better?
2006-10-31 12:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by sassy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its the same as : Black or African American...
I was born in south Africa, I married my American wife and hence became American... Am I black? No I am not...
Labels are put on people.... yes I believe there is no right answer..
and we will always have this (look at history, over 3000 years of this)
We should just say they way we see it....
2006-10-31 07:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by TheTick 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Alien meant national of another country long before the science fiction genre borrowed the name for little green men.
2006-10-31 06:54:19 · answer #4 · answered by DAR 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Illegal alien people,that are undocumented,that should about cover it.
2006-10-31 06:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are right on all counts there are plenty of ways to become a legal immigrant and if you can't get in by using that system than maybe we don't want or need you.
2006-10-31 06:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by brian L 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If we were any other country the use of the term "illegal aliens" wouldn´t even be an issue. Political correctness is crippling our country.
2006-10-31 06:50:25 · answer #7 · answered by Double 709 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
They are illegal aliens. You are correct to the Webster degree.
2006-10-31 06:47:55 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 5 · 11⤊ 1⤋
right, they are humans to no doubt, but they ILLEGAL in the states therefore port their asses back to were they from and if they decide to become LEGAL aliens then they welcome, we anyways have enough of the illegal immigrants trying to sneak over here cause crimes and all.
2006-10-31 07:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by chrissgirl75 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
ive never used that term to the americans who live here in mexico from the u.s. and i dont think i would as for being called that ive never lived in the us thank god i dont i would like to be called that even if its correct.
2006-10-31 06:57:04 · answer #10 · answered by PrETty iN pUrPle* 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋