Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - Now take it to the Lugforum > At 07:48 PM 8/6/02 -0400, Allan Wafkowski wrote: > >I thought in large part that had already taken place. The hushed secret > >that is really no secret at all is that Europe's culture has already > >been irreversibly altered by emigration. It can be argued whether that's > >good or bad, but it's hard to argue against what anyone can see with his > >eyes: parts of France look as much like Turkey as France. Same with > >England and Italy. And since the birth rate of Europe is still > >declining, it's only a matter of mathematics before most of Europe's > >historical past becomes just that, history. > > Heavens! I trust that you have given your contribution to the "Martin > Bormann Decline of Western Civilization Fund"? I have been told that you > are an officer in the "Kill the Immigrants" movement? Is that true? > > Alan, my folks got here before their were immigration standards, and thank > heavens for that, else no one would have had them. But, we were here early > and in some strength and my ancestors let you guys in. Be happy for that. > > I am an advocate, a strong advocate, of open borders on immigration, caused > in large measure by my understanding that, 250 years back, no thinking > polity would ever have admitted my folks. But they did, and we've sort of, > kind of, settled into the USian society. To my knowledge, none of my > family have suffered the shame of being hounded back across that northern > border into the Dominion of Lost Causes. <and he grins: Canada has > magnificent micro-brew beers and, well, a few nice guys, and well ... Er, > Want to talk CIVILIZATION? What about the Congo, or Lower Slobbovia, or > the Seventh Precinct of Patagonia? People live there, so these must be real.> > > Marc > > > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html