"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:37:33 -0600, . wrote:

> > Fatal flaw with that argument is that if you go back 3-4 generations,
> > *we* don't exist.

> What, you and me?  That's not a flaw in the argument at all -
> "we" (meaning some people of our generation) seem to merely have
> forgotten our roots

I honestly cannot *remember* my roots, nor can you. We were non-existant
back then. Nor can we do anything about times past. My ancestors might have
been kings or thiefs. Either way, I am not going to be proud or ashamed of
them, or claim that ruling or stealing is the way to go - always. What we
can only affect is now and here, based on realities of now and here.

> and that if restrictions on immigration that are
> being proposed were in place, *we* might not ever have existed (ie, our
> ancestors might never have immigrated to the US, met, etc).

That's absurd. We also might not have existed if, say, WWI did not take
place, among other things. Should we continually create new world wars so
people who would not otherwise exist, will exist?

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