Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wacky Wednesday--We Shouldn’t Secure The Southern Border

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

~Why aren’t you worried about the unsecured borders with California, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico?
~What if you were told that you would no longer be allowed to leave the state of your birth?
~Isn’t your real motive just geographical discrimination and a desire to keep “the wrong” people out?
~We already have an unsecured border, and how bad is it really?
~What a profound declaration of hostility toward Central America.
~The seaports are at least as dangerous a security threat
~If you don’t secure the Northern one as well, what is that saying about race?
~For almost all of human history, borders have never been secure between countries.
~Do you actually realize what sort of resource commitment it would take to truly accomplish this?
~Isn’t there something just fundamentally contradictory about having a massive wall around a society you dare to call “open?”


Links
US-Mexico Border (Wikipedia)

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