This argument is for those who say "only deal with the present" and "the past's the past."
Mexicans are here now, in the millions.
Take your own medicine and stop dwelling in the past.
Which is it, the past or the present only?
2007-09-20 11:17:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Past is directly related to the present. Part of USA belonged to Mexico and there is Mexicans in Mexico. The land passed to USA but heart of Mexicans is still with Mexico, and you can't change that.
2007-09-20 11:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Villa 1 · 4⤊ 8⤋
Actually it's not what america used to be, it's what america is now. Not much has actually changed since 1929 for Immigrants and black people in the Southern States, I can gurantee you if you spray painted your car and wrote "***** Lover" on it and you drove into a small hick town in lets say Georgia or Kentucky you'd get a beat in by some local rednecks.There is no change, the racism is still there and nobody can deny it either.The U.S.A has a horrible past that's stained with the blood of many black victims,gladly my country does not inherite the same past,but very soon in my country if the ways keep on going the way there are we are expected to have a Civil War.
2007-09-20 11:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dwelling in the past? This is current events! Are you just being argumentative or what? The illegals that are here now are a problem, if we don't deal with it how can we begin to deal with the millions more to come? You are being unreasonable, no country can allow this type of thing to occur, and no other one but this one does. It is not a matter of past or present, it is a matter of dealing with the problems you can and moving past those you cannot. If YOU feel national borders don't matter you should try crossing into some other country illegally, say china, mexico, russia, most of the middle east and africa. If, IF you survive this dubiuos attempt at ignoring national borders, please stay in whichever one of them doesn't kill or imprison you.
2007-09-20 11:30:17 · answer #3 · answered by avatar2068 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
American did not make a success of this land by taking our medicine and liking it. there will come a time when we will say no more and put up a fight. we threw the english out on their butts and kicked everyone butt for two hunded years (well except Viet nam, I was there) and we again will rise to the occassion. You see what a small contingent of Iraq's can do a mechanized army and if you anger us enough we will send you home amigo.
2007-09-20 13:40:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Shouldn't we stand up for what is right and work to make our country strong again. What is wrong with enforcement of our laws?
A couple of days ago I heard a Hispanic illegal alien activist say in an interview that you should "break the law if you disagree with it." What if everyone did that?
I am looking toward the future. That's why we MUST secure our borders and end this disaster of illegal immigration.
NO AMNESTY! ENFORCE OUR LAWS! JAIL EMPLOYERS! DRY UP THE JOB MARKET! BUILD THE WALL!
You are correct when you say that we can't just dwell on the past. However, the present sucks with the 20 to 30 million illegals. We need to look toward our future WITHOUT them!
EDIT: Thomas, over 70% of Americans don't want amnesty. We don't want open borders. It's the polititions that want that, not voters.
2007-09-20 11:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 3⤋
They are here illegally in the present, and they are sucking this country dry. And I am dealing in the present and with this horrific issue...for the Future generations of americans.
2007-09-20 12:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dwelling in the past -- living there, treating it as if it were the present -- that doesn't help.
Looking back at the past -- realizing where you are now and how you got here -- that's information that can be useful.
We can only make useful decisions in the present, and only about how we are going to move from the present into the future. Looking back at the past doesn't prevent that -- trying to roll back time to push us back into the past does.
2007-09-20 11:22:35 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I'll have to agree with Jena Sux. You posted another question that compared the pilgrims in the past to Mexicans, and also had that same subject as an answer to another question! Sorry man, you are just a huge hypocrite.
2007-09-20 11:53:14 · answer #8 · answered by cheezbawl2003 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You are asking me to accept something NOW in exchange for something that happened HUNDREDS of years ago.
I'm saying there's no time like the present to change things. I'm legal you aren't. Get out.
2007-09-20 11:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is 2007...and for the life of me I simply cannot find Aztlan anywhere on any map in existence. How about that?
Perhaps those people also need to live in the present, hm?
2007-09-20 11:22:25 · answer #10 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 11⤊ 2⤋
I agree. But if we don't care about things in the past It is likely to happen again.
2007-09-20 11:25:23 · answer #11 · answered by MCRmy rox! 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋