I have submitted the following letter to the editor of our local newspaper. Since they haven't printed one of my letters in quite some time, I doubt they will this one either. Still I believe it is worth thinking on.
Enjoy!
+Rusty
I find it ironic that countless numbers of people, many illegally, seek entrance to the US in search of a better life, while countless numbers of US citizens, albeit in perfectly legal ways, head south of the border to retire to a better (read warmer and cheaper) life. Those who come here illegally work in jobs that few of us would ever take. How many of us really aspire or hope our children aspire to be migrant farm workers, or head cashier at fast food restaurants, or want our children to become a day laborer, or a nanny, or a housekeeper? Meanwhile, again in that warped but legal way, we have real estate developers creating vast gated communities in Mexico, buying up land, creating vast living spaces so we can move there and leave cheaply, at least once we can afford the homes. How many would be willing to move into already existing housing in the neighborhoods of the villages and towns we think so idyllic to live among the Mexican community? And how many of us will actually learn Spanish, fluently mind you, once we are there and agree to pay the same prices for goods and services that we pay here? No? Of course not, because we don't have to. We are US citizens and we can manipulate the laws in our favor. Wouldn't it be frightening if all those demonstrators for immigration last Monday learned how to do that here? Ironic.
The Rt. Rev. William M. Clyma III
San Francisco
Note: Thte Rt. Rev. William M. Clyma III is a bishop of an independent church called The New Church - Inclusive Anglican Reform. For more information on his denomination Click here
Thank you for your contribution Rev. Clyma!
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