>> depends on how you measure "greatest". i think several of the >> border states in the US declared a "state of emergency" about >> the most profitable, and probably best known, mexican export. ;) >> >> and no, it's not viagra. >it's a big problem on both sides of the border. > >However, one is wondering what the worlds greatest, god loving >nation, is doing with all this stuff, there can not be that many >users there or ? If there would be no demand, there would be no >market so therefore there must be a _huge_ demand. QED.
ok, so there's demand in the US, so what? there's demand in every first-world country on the planet, including germany. this comment was not meant to trash on mexico at all, it was just meant to highlight some of mexico's other, as far as i'm concerned, more important exports. without the cartels' work, the dollar would be weaker and the US economy would be that much crappier. that's bad for everybody since the US consumes tons of crap that other people make (like germany, who just overtook us in exports). anything that makes demand for dollars outside the US is good for USD exchange rates, so you could view the cartels as helping the US economy by creating demand for dollars outside the US. if the dollar weakens too quickly, everybody, germany definitely included, could be in some deep shit. > >And, Dave Feustel, your comment oppenly displayed that you are at >least a Racist if not a Nazi. Here in germany these people are no >longer welcome. If you do not wish to remain like that in >the archives, I suggest you show some guts and appologize in >public. is more ignorant name-calling and pigeon-holing going to remedy this situation? neither will rhetorical questions. to claim dave is a racist or a Nazi is absolutely ridiculous. his statements, although he has chosen to focus on the negative ones, i believe to be for the most part true. it is important to note that he has left out all the positive aspects of the widespread illegal immigration from mexico. it is also notable that not everyone in the US from mexico is an illegal immigrant, but many such people exist. this illegal immigration has a number of net-positive effects: improves the lives of fellow humans (immigrants make more money, live a bit better), satisfies US demand for labor-intensive lower-wage jobs that locals don't want or that are already unionized ad nauseum, and allows for transfer of wealth and health out of the US, a state that only has so much because it screwed other countries to get a comparative advantage. to say that illegal immigrants are a burden on the US healthcare system (which already has tons of problems) and that the immigrants who come over illegally are generally impoverished are definitely true statements, but there are two sides to every coin. in most cases, they're pretty evenly weighted. > >But since this completely offtopic, I will try hard to stop now. > Of all the trolls who have made their best attempts to offend people on misc I have to say that that is the most disgusting thing I have read here in the past 6 years. I believe that Theo is against censorship but can the list just stop replying to this asshole's questions? Greg censorship is about the dumbest activity in which anyone can participate. even censoring dave via "excommunication" with regard to his postings is a slippery slope. if he had a grant, would you pull it because he doesn't share your views? i get sick of hearing about KDE and X too, but to censor it only makes understanding it that much more difficult. apologies for the long-winded psuedo-off-topic post. that's all. jake
