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• EscapingTheTrunk commented on Britain's deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse
  @54 Absolutely not. As an immigrant myself (though not a refugee), I understand both how nerve-wracking the process is, and how very worthwhile. I am grateful to be living in my new country, and would extend the opportunity to live here to others if I were able. I love this place. I think others would love it, too. And I think that they often have skills, experiences, and perspectives to offer that would only make this place a better one. However, all immigrant sentiment is not the same. Each immigration story is different. I'm sure that there are others who...
• buddy66 commented on Britain's deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse
  Since I became a Canadian last week (under the newly amended law regarding children born abroad to Canadian parent(s)) I am calling for closing the border to immigrants. My senior/other country (USA) is rapidly being overwhelmed, so I will move to Vancouver and start working on the fence to keep people like me out. I mean, people like I was two weeks ago......
• shadowfirebird commented on Britain's deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse
  Our very own Guantanamo Bay. How apropos. See, US? That's the difference between us and you. *Everyone* knows you have a secret prison where you abuse people....
• mleugene commented on Britain's deportee detention system subjects small children to horrific abuse
  This doesn't sound as much like a question of law as much as a question of those who are attracted to enforcing that law. I ran into a guy awhile back who was going through one of these community college programs for training Homeland Security people. He really wanted a job with the TSA so he would be able to search people. He really liked the idea of going through peoples' baggage at an airport. I don't know much about UK asylum laws, but I know a little about people who just like to inflict terror on the weak (bullying...
• zontar commented on Drew Friedman's Jerry Lewis illustration
  I too met Drew Friedman once, and he is as funny in person as his comics. The art is fantastic and his writing is hilarious as well. Writing runs in Drew's family as his brother Josh is a writer, and his dad, Bruce Jay Friedman is a highly regarded novelist and screenwriter. And yes, Drew has done numerous pieces for for MAD Magazine, as well as Time magazine!...