[billybob]

And again, she continues in the same vein. Clearly I have found the site's attention-seeker.There's always one. As I said, preferring to attack on a few fragments.......You on the other hand, have almost 2000 posts on this board from which I can distill your character.And it's not that pretty.

As for slamming you from a distance, I debated the issues. You on the other hand, were not interested, preferring to attempt to discredit the debater.No doubt you have a following on this board for your tedious style of trolling, but I'd much rather talk to people who know what they are talking about and have the basic intelligence to realise that other people can too.You're stuck in a rut with the notion that because I live in New Zealand,I have no experience with matters of immigration. As I have already indicated, I've lived in places with similar issues.So please, stop trying to portray yourself as the only person who has any experience in the subject, and just get over yourself. You live in Pennsylvania.According to the statistics, you have less than one quarter the national average of Latinos in your community.

Short of ethnic cleansing,there is no way to solve this issue permanently and decisively.There are many opinions on what could be done to alleviate the problem, but if they are not yours, you'd rather ignore them and insult the person who challenges your simplistic position. Your final comment - a throw-away line intended to taunt the opponent and amuse your audience,was too weak.

Perhaps you could advise me of how many latinos your local branch of the INS has detained and repatriated this year? Or are you just picking up a debate from the other side of the continent because your personal prejudices dictate that you must support it, rather than admit that it's a non-event in your town?
As I recall, Pennsylvania is just about as far from the Mexican border as you can get without jumping into the sea. Your argument holds less and less water by the minute.

I can't offer a solution to the problem of racial diversity, because I don't see it as a problem. I can't offer a solution to the problem of historic failure to enforce immigration laws and the institutionalised acceptance of casual labor as a cheap alternative. I can however offer MaggieL a couple of pointers on how better to debate the issue.

1. It is silly to take the position that you know more than I do on the subject simply because you live on the same continent.

2. It is not smart to crap on newbies, particularly if you pick on those who are smarter than you.

3.It's not smart to generalise that the whole of America is on your side and I am simply 'yank bashing'.I like Americans, but I think you are a loudmouthed airhead. Get over it.