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Since a lot of ya'll are razzing about the Mexicans on here I have a good question.... What would you do if a Mexican Police Officer who works in the U.S.A. ask you for identification ? Wonder how long this post will last before the big POOF?
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Since a lot of ya'll are razzing about the Mexicans on here I have a good question.... What would you do if a Mexican Police Officer who works in the U.S.A. ask you for identification ? Wonder how long this post will last before the big POOF?
He is employed in the U.S.A.
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As long as he didn't say "Bajezz! We dunt need no steenkin bajezz" I'd comply.
You know it friend.
I have no doubt there are good honest hard working illegal immigrants in this country, its just the fact they are here illegally that I object to.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
I did get pulled over in an INS checkpoint in El Paso a few years back. I had an officer of hispanic origin ask me if I was a US citizen. I said "yes, are you ?". He waved me on. They were filming for COPS, but I never saw myself on TV [:D].
in the context of this post that means give up the license.
in some contexts it means cut and run.
What would you do if a Mexican Police Officer who works in the U.S.A. ask you for identification?
There's no such thing.
No matter what he/she may look like, they're as much an American as you are.
this question in relation to the issue about illegals, has to be the poster child for the term apples and oranges
I don't think I can agree with you. There was a thread that select started earlier in the week (now POOFED) where she said she hired a very much legal Mexican to clean her yard and some people on this board had less-than-kind responses.
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
this question in relation to the issue about illegals, has to be the poster child for the term apples and oranges
I don't think I can agree with you. There was a thread that select started earlier in the week (now POOFED) where she said she hired a very much legal Mexican to clean her yard and some people on this board had less-than-kind responses.
well this board is bi-polar too, i have seen duplicate threads posted a day apart and get two totally different responses, but illegals coming across the boarder, and a Mexican American police officer is apples and oranges
First of all Select-Fire is a he.
He never said he got proof of the legality of the person who cleaned his yard.
Everybody knows that pretty much all illegals are carrying around some sort of false documentation.
Select-Fire also bragged months ago about how cheaply he had his house built by hiring a contractor who admittedly used illegal aliens.
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quote:There was a thread that select started earlier in the week (now POOFED) where she said she hired a very much legal Mexican to clean her yard
First of all Select-Fire is a he.
He never said he got proof of the legality of the person who cleaned his yard.
Everybody knows that pretty much all illegals are carrying around some sort of false documentation.
Select-Fire also bragged months ago about how cheaply he had his house built by hiring a contractor who admittedly used illegal aliens.
I thought I read that he was a she... I apologize for the error.
I'm sorry, but it is not right to assume that because someone is of hispanic descent that he or she is illegal and has falsified papers. Many have immigrated here legally. Many others were born in this country, making them 100% as American and you or me, according to the U.S. Constitution.
If you've reason to suspect someone's papers are forged documents, report them and let the authorities investigate. If the papers look legitimate, then you have to assume that they are.
Let me ask you another question, just so I can understand where you stand. If a Canadian were to cross the northern border illegally (and, for the record, it is actually easier at the northern border than the southern border), would you be demanding his or her papers? If he talked like an American and had an American-sounding name, what would tip you off? Isn't he just as illegal as the Mexican? Do you trust the Canadians papers over the Mexican's papers? Or, rather, is this about something else entirely?
By the way, where's your papers? Your birth certificate could very likely be forged. Everyone knows that illegals are carrying around some sort of false documentation.
I just did a job where there were illegal Irish and 1 illegal Polish person. The Owner/Contractor told me this. I was fired from this job after he saw my bumper sticker about Illegal Immigrants.
An Illegal is an Illegal is an Illegal.
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An Illegal Alien is an Illegal Alien no matter what Nationality.
I just did a job where there were illegal Irish and 1 illegal Polish person. The Owner/Contractor told me this. I was fired from this job after he saw my bumper sticker about Illegal Immigrants.
An Illegal is an Illegal is an Illegal.
We're in agreement then.
Now, for the second part. How do you determine, you, personally, that someone is legal or not? Can you tell just by looking at them? What tips you off?
1. Can't speak any English.
2. They avoid eye contact and conversation with Americans.
3. They tend to wonder off if someone of authority is around.
4. One person gets a check and the rest are paid in cash from that check.
5. Lined up at Winn-Dixie sending Money Grams back to their prospective Countries.
These are things that I have personally witnessed and investigated.
There are also some bold uncaring contractors that like to brag about their labor being illegal therefore paying them poverty wages.
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If you visit enclaves in some bigger cities, you'll find that not speaking English isn't so unusual. There's enclaves where Russian, German, Chinese, Korean, and yes, Spanish is only spoken. Those people have lived there for a few generations.
Sheesh. You can go to Ohio, Pennsyvania, Wisconsin, etc. and run into the Amish - probably with generations going back further than you or me, who barely speak English, or what English they do speak, you'd not recognize.
As far as not looking you in the eye, you might find that's a cultural thing, too. There are some cultures where that's a sign of aggression or a lack of respect. Or, the person may just be shy.
Points Three and Four have some merit to them. But, it has nothing to do with whether or not they're in the country illegally. It has to do with likely current illegal activity.
Point Five is baseless. Until it is illegal to wire money out of the country in sums less than $10,000, you're up the creek without a paddle on this.
If my folks (father is a 3rd generation American, mother is a 5th) are overseas and requires immediate funds, and I wire them, does that make me suspect in your eyes (I'm not even suggesting a country, I'm just wiring money to my folks who are in another country).
You didn't ask for absolute proof.
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You didn't ask for absolute proof.
No, I didn't. But, as a patriotic American, surely you believe that everyone is innocent unless otherwise proven guilty, right (and, witnessing someone crossing the border illegally or hearing them talk about how they themselves crossed over illegally is "proof" enough IMO)?
All I am saying is there can be a fine line between being a patriotic American and being clearly off-base and becoming un-American.
Since a lot of ya'll are razzing about the Mexicans on here I have a good question.... What would you do if a Mexican Police Officer who works in the U.S.A. ask you for identification ? Wonder how long this post will last before the big POOF?
Hate to start something but,this is a stupid question.[:(]
Besides, as a patriotic (or even unpatriotic)American, I'm entitled to have an opinion. How I arrive at that opinion is my business. On a side note, are the seychelles a French colony?...OR SPANISH
RJ you really are a comedian.
dlrjj-
He's right. Mexico sent a number of troops and trucks of food for the relief effort. Don't be so quick when your own ignorance is greater. Not saying this applies to every one of RJ responses, but in this case he's correct.
Quote"If you visit enclaves in some bigger cities, you'll find that not speaking English isn't so unusual. There's enclaves where Russian, German, Chinese, Korean, and yes, Spanish is only spoken. Those people have lived there for a few generations."
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They should be ashamed of themselves.
Since a lot of ya'll are razzing about the Mexicans on here I have a good question.... What would you do if a Mexican Police Officer who works in the U.S.A. ask you for identification ? Wonder how long this post will last before the big POOF?
I will indentify myself to any American police officer who asks for identification. If I were in Mexico and a Mexican police officer asked me for identification, I would do the same.
quote:Originally posted by Da-Tank
RJ you really are a comedian.
dlrjj-
He's right. Mexico sent a number of troops and trucks of food for the relief effort. Don't be so quick when your own ignorance is greater. Not saying this applies to every one of RJ responses, but in this case he's correct.
I know that Mexico sent troops to help, in Sept. 05, are they still there? RJ's post said the troops are in New Orleans, not that they had been sent months ago. I was under the impression that the Mexican troops had long since departed. Sorry if I was incorrect in that assumption. Regardless, we know what the implication of RJ's post concerned, the assumption of an armed invasion of the US by Mexico. That was a common topic of the time on several of the sites RJ frequently lists as his sources. Do a Yahoo search of Mexican troops+new orleans and you can find a wealth of tinfoil information about the "invasion". I'm not trying to step on your toes, just contradicting the implication of RJ's post.[:)]