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"Wotan" <wotan@DeathPenguin.com> wrote in message
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> As part of a Turing test
> phxbrd <phxbrd@earthlink.net> posted:
>
> >
> >"Wotan" <wotan@DeathPenguin.com> wrote in message
> >news:ate973$pe7$5@reader1.panix.com...
> >> As part of a Turing test
> >> Bill  <libertas@bellsouth.net> posted:
> >>
> >> >On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:11:46 -0000, "Nick"
> >> ><allstarmercedesparts@jenin.ps> favored us with:
> >> >
> >> >> > > In response, Simcox said he was forming a citizen's militia to
> >patrol
> >> >> > > vast expanses of Arizona's border with Mexico, in an effort to
stem
> >> >> > > the flow of illegal immigrants, drugs and potential terrorists -
> >all
> >> >> > > of which are doing damage to Arizona specifically and the nation
in
> >> >> > > general.
> >> >>
> >> >> Why do you people moan about the Mexicans? They prop up your wobbly
> >economy,
> >> >> who else do you think will work in the meatpacking industry or pick
> >fruit
> >> >> and veg?
> >> >
> >> >Not only that, but who will smuggle in the drugs?  Who will see to it
> >> >that the hospitals near the border are more-than-fully utilized at
> >> >taxpayer expense?  Who will . . . never mind.
> >>
> >> Who will destroy millions of dollars of private property every year?
> >
> >Yeah, those damned impoverished workers and their 400 hp hi-riders
tearing
> >down mile after mile of bob war fince jes gotta be stopped....
>
> Well, they might not be on hi-riders; but the crossers do tear down
> fences, destroy property, STEAL from land owners (yes, including water),
> and make people feel unsecure in their own homes.
>
> BTW, you are aware that the desert is a fraile environment, and have a few
> million people walk through the same spot isn't good for it, right?
>
> >One broke a lock on a water faucet last year, too....
>
> In one case, the rancher said the broken valve probably cost him about $5k
> in lost water, damage to the tank, and repairs to the tank supports that
> were washed out.

Anyone locking a water valve in the desert deserves to have his nuts slowly
twisted off.

Mebbe that rancher learned a valuable lesson.