Joseph Meehan wrote:
KC wrote:
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I wonder.. Considering all but the Native Americans are illegal
immigrants or decedents of them I suspect it would be rather quiet.


That's a silly concept and I hope you know it.
You can't have an illegal immigrant, in fact you
can't have an immigrant, without a country to
immigrate to. The fact that Congress and the U.S.
government has never adequately addressed the
Indian tribes and makes their members U.S.
citizens as well as citizens of separate nations
may be a factor in your confused mind. The United
States of American is a nation and it recognizes
many of the conquered native American groups as
nations.

Many, if not most, of the native American tribes
did not have the concept of individual land
ownership. They had the concept of territory and
generally whatever they occupied or could occupy
by warfare they called their territory. Europeans
brought the concept of individual land ownership
and of state to most tribes.

The idea of calling citizens of the United States
of American who have lived in the country for
generations "illegal immigrants" is insulting.
The idea of calling their forefathers who legally
immigrated to this country "illegal immigrants" is
insulting. The idea of calling those who formed
this country "illegal immigrants" is insulting.

Seems like you have insulted all but a very minor
(and illegally present) group of people in this
country.

Reminds me of the people addressed by a lady on TV
who said that marching with a Mexican flag in the
U.S. was insulting. And it is.