A fence should not be built around U.S borders, anywhere

I affirm Definitons--- Fence – a barrier enclosing (the US) Should – Morally obliged to (do action X) U.S. – The United States of America Border - the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line Observations--- 1) I have a few problems with the wording of the resolution, though I believe we all understand the meaning of its intent. The resolution reads "A fence should not be built [around] US borders, anywhere", while usually it's more like "A fence should not be built [on] US borders." For the time being and unless CON wants otherwise, I will just assume that the resolution is talking about fences on borders. 2) "US borders" means on the edge of The Federal Government of the United States (USFG) owned territory. The definition of border allows us to go between country, state, and province, among other things, but since US is there to modify border, then the phrase then comes to mean the US border with other nations (and with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but I don't think that part will be relevant in the debate). Value: Morality Morality is defined as "the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct" by dictionary.com. Morality is also what the resolution asks of us – should we, or should we not build a fence on US borders? The topic also includes the word "anywhere" on the end, meaning that the debate shouldn't be focused on what specific plan can build what type of fence on what place on what border, but rather, why we ought to build a fence in the first place. Of course, there's plenty of ways to achieve what is right, and in this debate I'll be using…. Value Criterion: Anti-Separatism My usage of this word is something I cannot find in dictionary.com or en.wikipedia.org, though I'm told postmodernism talks about it a lot. Separatism is defined as the belief of separation, based on any number of things, some of the biggest ones being race, religion, nationality and creed. (Therefore, Anti-Separatism is against that belief) If we study human conflicts in history, even just the biggest ones, separatism is almost always a major influence to begin a conflict, and is usually there to keep a conflict going. We can see this in warfare, where propaganda is ALWAYS made and everything possible is done to dehumanize "the enemy". A conflict cannot continue unless the mindset perpetuated is a "them versus us" one; the flame won't burn if we see our opponent the same as us. This is why any civil war is difficult: People you used to identify with are now "the enemy". Suddenly, those people, "they're trying to kill you". People that used to seem human to you, people that you would never even THINK of harming before… suddenly it's now okay to do the unthinkable to them. That's what wars tell us, and that's what makes war: Separatism. Separatism is the root cause of all harm that man intentionally causes to his fellow man. If we all saw each other as equals, we wouldn't harm one another. (I'm going to assume that we all accept the notion of human rights and human dignity, if the CON asks for a link then I'll provide one.) Since separatism leads to and sometimes is the only reason for the violation of human rights and human dignity, and since we all deserve those two things, if I can prove that not building a fence on the US border helps Anti-Separatism, then I link to morality and therefore show that we should not build a fence, then you vote PRO. My sole contention is that building a fence on the US border is a manifestation of separatism. At best, it shows that the United States doesn't want anybody coming into their country, and at worst, it shows that the United States thinks it's better than its neighbors. The land that mainland US is currently on didn't even belong to the US, NATIVE Americans lived here. There was a native american proverb, and I can't remember what book it was from because I heard it in third or fourth grade, and it went like this: "How can man own land? It makes as much sense as owning the sky or owning the sea..." Now, I'm not saying that suddenly all Americans should move out of where they live right now and go "find their own place", but rather that we shouldn't build fences on borders with other countries. It's not our land, it's not anyone's land, we're NOT better than other people, the only difference we have is the difference that anyone and everyone has - we all have one of the infinite combination of experiences we've had in our own lifetimes, and the .1%-.4% of gene difference..... All of which are irrelevant if we compare that to our similarities. By not building a fence on US borders, it helps the cause of anti-separatism – we show that we're open to the world, not closed to it.