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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2017-01-12 5:40 PM, wrote:

>>>>> That does not constitute proof. You assume he doesn't want to work.
>>>>

>>>>> He most likely does, he will maybe need some help to polish up his
>>>>> speaking and be shown the ropes, but after that, most go on to work.
>>>>
>>>> What is he going to use to pull on those ropes? He now has no fingers,
>>>> and he may not even have arms.
>>>
>>> You are showing your true colours as usual
>>
>>
>> I am not surprised that you have once again replied with ad hominem.
>
> Oh dear! Something YOU would never do!!
>

Not instead of a legitimate rebuttal.

>> asked a valid question. I want to know what sort of work you expect the
>> man to do to earn his keep here. He had hands and fingers when he was in
>> the US, but when he bungled his way across the border illegally in the
>> middle of winter he ended up with such a serious case of frost bite that
>> he will be a burden on our system for the rest of his life if he is
>> allowed to stay.
>
> Do you know that he is a manual worker? Or is that just your
> assumption? He could be a white collar worker for all you know.

How silly of me not to realize that he could be a white collar worker
and not need hands and fingers to use pens, keyboard, file cabinets, to
dial a telephone. What type of office work are you suggesting for him?

>>> So tell me - how did your ancestors arrive here? Were they refugees
>>> or immigrants, nearly the whole population of Canada stem from one or
>>> the other group. Funny how the ones today like you spit on those
>>> trying to be here.
>>
>>
>> Mine were legal immigrants who arrived through the legal channels.
>> There are about 6 billion people in the world, many of whom do not enjoy
>> the prosperity that we benefit from thanks to people like my ancestors.
>> These guys from Ghana were illegal immigrants who were sneaking into the
>> country. They intentionally avoided established border crossings.
>>
> They were refugees - weren't you lucky your ancestors weren't.

They were refugees who were already in a safe country.

> Go
> back far enough and you'll find something, I know on my mothers side
> they were expelled from the Belgium area in the 1500s and went to
> Marlborough and Chippenham and set up carpet making there. They were
> refugees, it happens. What do you want done to these two unfortunate
> men?

Well, we could send them to your town so you can look after them.

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