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Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:04 pm Posted in Life, Politics, Society

My sister sent me a link to this site today with political watercolors by Zina Saunders. The image below was particularly jarring to me. I urge you to see the rest. Captivating and discussion generating for sure.

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    Certainly I agree with support for freedom for immigrants, since I live among them and I have been an immigrant. We divide immigrants into multiple categories. The first being those who came here legally to work, just as immigrants did when the Status of Liberty was made. Then there are those who come here illegally to work or escape persecution. These I have much sympathy for, but I am not sure that they are represented by the Statue of Liberty. The third come here to contribute nothing, but munch off of the welfare state, which was a category that didn't exist at the time when the Statue of Liberty was made. Then there is a fourth which arrives in America because crime is more lucrative here and less risky.

    Should we treat them all as one?
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    Of course, we must note that the Goddess of Liberty means different things to different people. To the extent that Liberty is the pursuit of unbridled licentiousness and the extermination of religion, I would be happy to help Sarah mount the head on the wall. There are other aspects of Liberty that are more precious which I don't believe Sarah is a threat to.
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    Extermination of religion is unconstitutional and there is no current sociological theory that would support that this is a trend. Unbridled licentiousness is, of course, a matter of criteria for what that actually means. I look at the statue as a symbol of freedom for immigrants escaping economic and religious persecution that diminished freedom of conscience - the same reasons why this country was founded.
 

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