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From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:50 am
Subject: Are we at "war" or everything is for fun???????
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> Game with no winner
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> The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com
> Tuesday, February 27, 2007
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/27/opinion/edimmig.php
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> It's almost enough to make us nostalgic for streaking and sitting on
> flagpoles. College students from Michigan to Florida have found a new
> way to get attention, offend others and make a right- wing statement
> all at once. It's a game with a name that says it all: "Catch the
> Illegal Immigrant." The game is a variation on hide and seek: one
> player poses as the immigrant, and everyone else tries to find that
> person. There's a prize, usually $200 or less, which is not much, but
> enough to celebrate the cheap exploitation of a fellow human.
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> "Catch the Immigrant" is the brainchild of an intern with the College
> Republican National Committee, who lost her post after coming up with
> this and other campus recruitment gimmicks. Another game, called "Fun
> With Guns," invited young Republicans to fire BB guns or paint balls
> at cardboard cutouts of Democratic leaders. Republican Party leaders
> have tried to distance themselves from the games, but seem to have
> done little to stop them.
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> The right-wing organizers of the immigrant games — particularly Young
> Americans for Freedom and Young Republicans — have declared piously
> that they're just trying to spark debate. At that, they have
> succeeded. Protesters defending immigration and human dignity have
> outnumbered the game's players at the University of Michigan, Michigan
> State, Pennsylvania State and other campuses, including, most
> recently, at New York University.
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> The reaction from schools has been mostly tepid. Administrators are in
> a tough spot, trying to balance free speech with offensive behavior.
> More speech is the answer, including voices of authority pointing out
> the nastiness of this game as well as the inherent cruelty of hunting
> people for sport.
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> "Catch the Immigrant" also reflects a larger misunderstanding of the
> immigration issue. The more than 11 million illegal immigrants cannot
> be caught. Even if they could be, rounding them up and deporting them
> would be disastrous, economically and socially. Educators should teach
> the game players about the real world.
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