Immigrants
April 13th, 2007This is an old one that I decided to bring back. It’s still relevant, and even more so after having a good time in San Francisco the past few nights with Mrs. Z and my friend from Egypt, who let’s hope will become an American soon. He’s an example of a good foreigner. Here ’tis, good foreigners vs bad foreigners:
Welcome to America. Feel free to drive around and explore the most beautiful nation on Earth. True, I haven’t been to every country yet, but I know enough to know that America has so much land diversity that we blow away everywhere else. We still have open space, and our climate is not too extreme. Sure Siberia (in Russia) has lots more open space, just don’t get stuck there during winter time. Just as important, we have more freedom than just about anywhere else. Did you know in Britain, remaining silent is an admission of guilt? Pretty scary, huh? Also, you can’t own guns. How do they expect you to defend yourself against zombies? I’d never rely on the government to do anything, except deliver mail. They’re pretty good at that. But to defend you against zombies, dream on.
I generally like foreigners. Most are kind, decent folks who just want to know what the talk is all about. Everyone wants to come to America, the land of opportunity. Here it’s still possible to go from rags to riches. I personally have gone from the middle to rags (bad economic decisions, happens to the best of us) to on my way to being rich, so I know that if you have the brains, the determination, and a little bit of luck, you can be successful here.
Now, there are people here I don’t like. They’re what I’ll call the bad foreigners. I’m sure you know the type. They’re the ones who are here in America working an American job and flying their own flag, which is fine, but instead of being grateful, they bash America. They bash Americans, and they keep bragging about their own stupid country. If your country is so great, why are you here? I’ll tell you why you’re here. You’re here because your country sucks, the people smell bad, and they’re ugly. Your government is corrupt, and you couldn’t find a decent job there. Your people are not only ugly, but they breed like rabbits. Your environment is all screwed up. You can’t swim in your rivers without getting parasites or hepatitis, and you’re so over-crowded that when the zombies come, we won’t have enough bullets to kill all of them.
So, good foreigners, you know who you are. I invited you over for dinner. We’ve gone out drinking beers and shared strippers together. I like you.
As for the bad foreigners, when the zombies come, don’t expect me to let you in to my anti-zombie compound. Instead, I’ll lock up and laugh as they maul you and take you away. I’ll probably even videotape it.
There are to many of them both here in GB WI. I hope your friend becomes an American soon though. That is nice when they do it legally. Hope you had fun helping your friend move too the other night. Which part of Michiagan is he moving to? Just wondering. Well I suppose. Hubby should be home soon. He had to go uload his truck from last night and then we he comes home we are going to go out of town for a few hours. Take care.
If I’m not mistaken, Detroit, or the outskirts. He’s following a job offer.
Michigan! The Garden of the Midwest.
The other day at work I was talking to Jose, one of the drywallers. He is a pretty cool guy from Ensenada. He said he was looking forward to going back to Ensenada in a few months. Said there was more freedom there. That kind of threw me for a loop. By his tone he wasn’t bashing, just stating an honest opinion. Didn’t get a chance to dig deeper, but I wonder if what he was talking about was what Tocqueville called the ‘tyranny of the majority’. Maybe, though we have amazing liberties here in one sense, our institutionalized democratic civilization has sort of cut down on another kind of freedom, the kind that drove the frontiersman, fur trappers, and injuns west (at least in the fabled Wild West we read about). Just musing. But it seems like anymore you are free to have a gun (for now), but you are not free to hold certain opinions. You are free to hold your religious beliefs as long as you don’t express them in the wrong forum. Tocqueville says that instead of legal punishment, America uses ostracism. If you say the wrong thing you won’t be put in jail, but your public life is over and society will basically leave you with life and property but cut you off relationally. Interesting.
Maybe, though we have amazing liberties here in one sense, our institutionalized democratic civilization has sort of cut down on another kind of freedom, the kind that drove the frontiersman, fur trappers, and injuns west (at least in the fabled Wild West we read about).
Well said. That’s something that’s missing from where the people are. As our population grows, it’s something that will be missing from more places.
But it seems like anymore you are free to have a gun (for now), but you are not free to hold certain opinions. You are free to hold your religious beliefs as long as you don’t express them in the wrong forum. Tocqueville says that instead of legal punishment, America uses ostracism. If you say the wrong thing you won’t be put in jail, but your public life is over and society will basically leave you with life and property but cut you off relationally.
As is happening to that Imus guy. Okay, he said something stupid, but his career is pretty much over. Did we go too far punishing the guy?