From: cortes@enuxva.eas.asu.edu (Enrique Cortes-Rello)
Subject: Re: Human rights in the USA.
Summary: ;)
Keywords: USA
Organization: Arizona State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:45:12 GMT

In article <21211@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, ez000281@hamlet.ucdavis.edu writes:
> Enrique Cortes-Rello writes:
> 
> >[1]. how do you know that I am not an american citizen?
> >     because of my name?
> 
> No, I infered it simply 'cause you felt offended when I was chastising those 
> who came here simply to make a buck and not to escape political persecution.

My friend: I was not offended, I was amused.
I suggest that you visit a high tech firm, such as Intel (or any small
firm in Silicon Valley). You will see the most incredible collection of
(elite) "economic refugees" from India, China etc. They came mostly for
the "fast buck" (as you put it) but they are creating enormous amounts of 
wealth. WHY? because your compatriots do not want to study M.S. and PhDs
in Science and Engineering. WHY? because there are easier ways to reach
the elusive "fast buck" . Sorry. The U.S. NEEDS economic refugees, specially
in high-tech fields.


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> 
> 
> >     To move to a better place for economic reasons is
> >     one of the basis of capitalism. Just look at all
> >     the wealth created by south east Asia immigrants
> >     in California (yes, many of them were "economic
> >     refugees").
> 
> Yeah, but times are a changing and we have surplus manpower up here, so uless 
> you are fleeing political opression, just stay put.  We don't wan't to create 
> more problems with the farm workers we already have here.  Well call you if we 
> need you.

Sorry, but if you call me I will be busy competing in the global market.

Indeed, times are changing. With NAFTA you will have a North American (Canada,
U.S., and M-E-X-I-C-O) unified market. I see NAFTA as good for all the parties
involved but (unfortunatelly) bad for places like Puerto Rico. Your "economic
frontiers" will include Mexico pretty soon. Or, we could say that the U.S. is
included in the "economic frontiers" of Mexico. Get used to it.
  
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> 
> Fortunately, your analogy with Algeria does not hold.  Not all algerians were 
> French citizens, and it was precisely this mass of muslims the one which 
> exploded in their nationalist insurgency agains French colonialism.  In sharp 
> contrast ALL Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and we are so damned loyal that we 
> constitue 7% of all enlisted men/women in the Armed Forces.  Hell, we even had 
> an Puerto Rican Admiral in the Joint Chiefs of Staff!!!  So, as you see our 
> country has been more egalitarian in this respect than France. BTW, I don't see 
> in all of Puerto Ricos history a insurgency of any remote comparison with that 
> of Algiers.
>
You said it : "more egalitarian". But, are you ready to claim that, in practice
(and not in theory), PuertoRicans have an equal place in the U.S. society ?
(just an example: the Banks discriminating against "hispanics"  - and yes, you
are included- when aproving mortages)
 
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> >cheers compadre ! You are taking life way too seriously.
> 
> Orale.  I'll take your advice as a joke.
Cool!
> 
> Edelmiro

ENRIQUE