Agree 100%. I was never stating you should scrap anything. I was simply just disagreeing with your single comment.
I now officially back away from the podium, slam the microphone down and moon the audience. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > True enough. Unfortunately there's really no better mechanism for > weeding out those people than the naturalization process (except maybe a > harsher naturalization process, but that's outside the scope of this > discussion). I don't think that just because some people, like the Times > Square bomber, slip through the cracks that we should just throw the > whole thing away and give a vote to anyone with a green card. If > someone's truly dedicated to destroying this country you can't really > stop them. Similarly, if someone is truly determined to break into your > house, they're going to get in. That doesn't mean you shouldn't lock > your door when you leave. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:58 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: I think this is ridiculous... > > > When did I say that? Geez. Everyone seems to have a.d.d. here. > > Here's the road map: > > Larry Said: > > As if a simple oath would prevent someone who is determined to destroy > the > nation as you described. > That sort of person would have no problem with doing the entire > citizenship > route if that is what it took. > > > Then you said: > > It's not the oath that would prevent them from doing so. It's the fact > that > getting citizenship is a royal pain. > Most of the time you'd have to be pretty dedicated to want to go through > that process. > > > > This implied that the "royal pain" of getting citizenship would prevent > someone "who is determined to destroy the nation" from doing so. > And that those people don't have the dedication required to follow > through > on the process. > > > Then I said: > > ...more dedicated than someone willing to strap a bomb to their chest? > > > This statement is meant to show that someone who is dedicated enough to > blow > themselves up wouldn't be lacking the determination required to wait the > five years for citizenship as you implied. > > Now do we all understand? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330125 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
