[PAA-Discuss] [Article] Alternet: RE: Illegal Immigration

[john perdue]

Why can't I get this kinda response to what I write about 911?

-----Original Message-----
>From: Julia Blackshear Kosatka <julia at io.com>
>Sent: Apr 1, 2006 5:26 PM
>To: Tami <cannabis.flower at gmail.com>
>Cc: Discuss at paa-tx.org
>Subject: Re: [PAA-Discuss] [Article] Alternet: RE: Illegal Immigration
>
>On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Tami wrote:
>
>> I don't think all of them are unevolved idiots.  I think some of them 
>> just think that whatever they do it won't make a difference so why even 
>> try.  I also think that fear is a big factor, fear that their name will 
>> be put on some sort of list, fear of jail, fear that someone they know 
>> will disapprove.  Remove the fear and I think more people would get 
>> their butts up off the sofa.
>
>And a lot of folks spend all their energy just getting from day to day. We 
>need to be careful about how we characterize those who don't rush out to 
>protests and such. There are all sorts of reasons having nothing to do 
>with being unevolved idiots (of which there are likely many) or completely 
>apathetic. As for plopping down in front of the tv every evening, consider 
>that for an awful lot of people, it's the only respite they have from a 
>life where the stress is too high, the work is unrewarding, the demands of 
>family are unrelenting and the pay is much too low. It's not that they're 
>so involved with the tube they forget everything else, it's just the only 
>real time they have when there are no demands being made on them.
>
>-- 
>Julia Blackshear Kosatka
>"Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the 
>Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on 
>the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
> 					Jaime Raskin
>
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