On Thursday 16 November 2006 06:49, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Hi Virgil!
http://kpearson.faculty.tcnj.edu/Dictionary/wetback.htm > Nope, I disagree there. > > Wet back comes from the fact that they're always working all day long in > the hot heat, no matter what the conditions and no matter how poor the pay > is, because even though its bad, its better then what they had where they > came from. > > I worked with several wet backs when I was a young kid chopping cedar for a > few bucks a day, and let me tell you, they earned their money. > > I believe most can not afford to buy whatever the us demands of them for > immigration and that they have no choice, but to wade the rio grande if > they want to live in the land of the free and provide a better standard of > living for their families <snip> > There are two types of immigrants, those who came here the right way - > perhaps taking years to do it, and those who swam the Rio Grande, slipped in > past the check-points or waded onto the beach, the "wetback" term may have > something to do with the water entries. > > I have found the ones who came the right way to be decent and pleasant. The > ones who skipped the paper work have broken the law and must be deported > for that, regardless of any other merit they may have. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
