The Things People Say

I heard something today that I will confess wound me up beyond belief....I know that of late I have had a little more than my share of emotion from one part of the continuum to the other but I don't think I overreacted at all.

I couldn't believe that in 2007 there would be an individual out there with the most benighted views ever expressed. In the light of the fact that her race was once considered no greater than a part of the property on a plantation, I would have expected some level of reasoned understanding and compassion for those who were not born in the great land of gold streets.

It pisses me off to know that some of the arguments whites used against blacks in the 60's are now being proffered against a set of people who were fortunate or unfortunate enough to want to seek a better life for their families.

The decision to immigrate to another country, legally or illegally, is a tough one, no immigrant goes into this uncertainty lightly, but is driven instead by a baser need to live without fear of persecution in instances, or just the joy of being able to provide for your family.....mothers leave children behind thereby creating great rifts which at times are irredeemable just to seek a better life, men and women do the most menial of work just to rest their heads at night without fear of religious or political persecution. Yes I admit that some immigrants become what would seem to be a burden on the public purse but I ask that before we rush to judge, one should try to quantify the contribution of immigrants in general to that purse.

I have concluded that the thoughts could only have emanated from a mind too immature and arrogant to think let alone grasp the concept of a man as just a man and to offer to that man the courtesy of a fair opportunity to live.