On my last dramatic note on this thread, I'd just like to state that the blackened cynic in me who thinks big, scary thoughts believes that mankind sealed its fate when it developed concepts like religion and national borders in order to separate and keep us apart. This is where my thinking on this issue stems from. I'm not of the mind that everyone on this thread taking a stand against illegal immigration is a racist or a xenophobe. (Although, I am hedging my bets with some.) I'm just a person with a very low tolerance for "us and them" thinking. I think it's a bad habit that has led to some of the worst atrocities ever committed by man. Granted, this time and place and this discussion may not be ideal for exercising these reactions, these tendencies I have, to keep people identifying positively with each other. Having compassion and understanding for each other. Then again, it may be. I don't know.
Just wanted to say all that...
John Lennon also has a song, and you might of heard it before, Pan, that goes...
Quote:
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
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