[skarlorn]

Originally Posted by Irulan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'll be honest, I don't think our policy is remotely comparable to the holucost. But we aren't being honest with ourselves. I understand the reference, but at this stage in the game It's a terrible reference.

In an ideal world we'd be able to rescue these kids and stop all the cycles of irresponsibility and exploitation and abuse that leads to the need for borders. How are we going to do that humanely? We can't. It's impossible to be humane unless we just give up and sacrifice everything and let the flood of billions just wash this tiny bastion of civilization away. Is it worth letting everyone go free just so we don't have to think of the children? Even if we let these people free and gave them foodstamps and a greencard. They'd still be poor, exploited, and unwanted, unemployed, uneducated, and homeless. The children would still suffer horrifically anyway. Because there is no, freeee land no frontier here. The best we can offer them is a form of state slavery through institutionalization.