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I apologise in advance if anyone find this forward
upsetting.
It was sent to my a group that fights for the right of immigrants in the UK.
I found it funny and it paints a very corfrect picture of the whole immigration
quagmire in the UK in particulat and the West in particulra, but as our
sensitivities are as varied as our personalities, i'll apologise in advanvce
for any offence caused.

Enjoy
Manneh
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The Prayer Of The Political Bigot

"In the beginning god created states and borders. And the
borders were without form.

And God said let there be visas. And there were visas. And God
saw that the visas, were good and he divided visa nationals from non
visa nationals. And this was the first day.

And God said let there be waters between the borders and let
there be immigration officers in the midst of the borders and let the
waters and the officers divide peoples from peoples. And he told the
immigration officers to go forth and multiply. And this was the
second day.

And God said let there be passports and let these passports
provide a way over the waters for some peoples and not other peoples.
And the peoples denied a way he called economic migrants and bogus
and illegals. Those granted a way he called Europeans, Americans,
Canadians and Australians. And this was the third day.

And God said let the states bring forth housing officers and
welfare officers and social workers - so that economic migrants and
the bogus and illegals be denied housing, social welfare and work.
And this was on the fourth day.

And God said let there be brought forth prisons, induction
centres, accommodation centres and detention centres. And let the
prisons and the centres be spread over the face of the earth. And
the earth he called a Fortress. And this was the fifth day.

And God said let us make immigration officers in our own image.
And so he gave the officers power over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth and tried to moveth between the borders. And this was
the sixth day.

And on the seventh day God ended his work and rested. But the
immigration officers continued their work of imprisoning, excluding
and deporting. And the housing officers and welfare officers and
social workers continued their work of denying housing, social
welfare and work.

And God said this was good".

Steve Cohen, Manchester, UK, Monday 18th March 2002

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