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adidas campaigns "Create Positivity", immediately backfires
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: HellHound on June 20, 2017, 09:00:42 PM ---what, did you get that definition off of wikipedia? we all know about that website's liberal slant and easy editing. smh, google better sources next time
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In all seriousness I don't know how it's possible to confuse illegal immigration with regular immigration. If the word 'immigration' inherently meant traveling somewhere illegally, then there would be no use for the term 'illegal immigrant' because that would just be stupid and redundant.
King Tøny:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on June 20, 2017, 08:59:22 PM ---okay there are other historical inaccuracies here, but first and foremost, that is literally not the definition of immigration.
--- Quote ---the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
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America wasn't even known as a country when the Natives had it. It wasn't even on the loving map. The loving natives weren't even aware of how big America even was.
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--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on June 20, 2017, 09:03:23 PM ---In all seriousness I don't know how it's possible to confuse illegal immigration with regular immigration. If the word 'immigration' inherently meant traveling somewhere illegally, then there would be no use for the term 'illegal immigrant' because that would just be stupid and redundant.
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i edited that and i did not mean to say illegally in case you didn't read what i said.
Khaz:
--- Quote from: Timestamp on June 20, 2017, 09:00:25 PM ---i need to edit that
so actually tell me then, this is what i was saying, actually refute me. i don't understand why this argument is used.
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The argument stems from the fact that our nation's founders colonized America in the pursuit of religious/economic freedom and to get away from the oppression of British Parliament. If our founders were able to, why can't others? This argument doesn't excuse illegal immigration, though. There are also some logical flaws in the argument such as the fact that there wasn't really an existing government to "stop" our founders from migrating to America, but in general it kind of makes sense.
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Timestamp on June 20, 2017, 08:55:41 PM ---they weren't waving a flag that represented their country, they didn't form any government system type, and they certainly don't have an economy or anything else.
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All three of these points are bullstuff. Native American societies had complex, stratified governments with trade and warfare. The main reason that they were so successfully conquered was because they had far less people, no horses, no immunity to smallpox, and no guns.
--- Quote from: Timestamp on June 20, 2017, 09:03:57 PM ---i edited that and i did not mean to say illegally in case you didn't read what i said.
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No, you did mean to say illegally because you were confused about immigration versus illegal immigration.