tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598191862986639967.post2216735799051909217..comments2023-10-17T02:51:22.519-07:00Comments on BorderVenture: Death and the BorderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394495510282720178noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598191862986639967.post-27886232105451832992011-03-10T11:42:39.231-07:002011-03-10T11:42:39.231-07:00One answer to save ALL the lives: people apply fo...One answer to save ALL the lives: people apply for citizenship legally as our country intended when it was founded, they sit at home (no danger of dying), and when their name is called they come over. Just as people do from Russia, France, Iraq, and a hundred other countries. They don't try to swim across the Pacific to get here...if they did and kept dying, should we build a bridge for them to get here illegally?<br /><br />If these people would simply apply for citizenship and wait in line like they're supposed to, and not put THEIR OWN LIVES at risk by trying to do it illegally, then this wouldn't be happening. If the MEXICAN gov't would stop handing out brochures at the border on how to get "free stuff" from the US once you get there, maybe it would help slow down the deaths. You treat it as if people doing this don't know the risks....you think they haven't heard how dangerous it is? Why is it our country's fault? Why is it not Mexico's for not warning it's citizens? Why treat Mexico like it's an 8 y.o. child that doesn't know better and can't put up signs or help it's citizens--- where's their responsibility in all this??? It's THEIR citizens that are dying!!!! <br /><br />If there was a river of lava between us and mexico and people kept trying to swim it would it be our fault if they died the second they jumped in? Shouldn't MEXICO be putting up signs warning of the danger and post photos of how many people are dying trying to cross? Is there not some accountability for just being stupid enough to risk your life (come on, they know the dangers, their smart adults doing it, not children, or do you believe Mexicans are not intelligent?)<br /><br />We post signs in our country to warn people here if you might stub your toe and have to limp for 10 minutes......how come there is no personal responsibility left in this world??? Why is American the big EVIL country when people are willing to risk their lives for reasons we cannot control? We're not here to save the world, we're a sovereign nation that has the right to protect it's borders.......the risks are not hidden like a trap under the sand- people here and in Mexico all know you're risking your life if you try to come ILLEGALLY. <br /><br />Wake up-we cannot save the world, it has to save itself sometimes. We don't have another 10 trillion to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com