A Series of Open Letters (Ranting ahead, warning)

[Deadkool]

This here is my personal opinion of certain topics, it's meant to be semi-humorous (if you get a giggle every once in a while, I'm doing my job), but it's mainly venting. Now without further ado, an open letter to

The MPAA

Donald Trump

The Honey Boo Boo Family

Pharmaceutical Companies

EA

NASA

El Paco

...and more

Dear, MPAA

your rating system is seriously F**ked the hell up. Firstly, G movies only exist when a movie's content has the collective violence of a senior citizen eating oatmeal. You insist this rating system exists to 'protect the minds of children' when in fact, it exists to fill up your own pockets and restrict mentally mature patrons from seeing whatever film they please. Let parents parent their children instead of forcing imaginary labels on film studios that stipend creativity, shrink the audience, and give Washington another reason to think the youth population are complete idiots. Film is an art form, thusly, it cannot be pushed Into predetermined categories neatly. Individuals must decide whether a movie is mature or immature. It is merely a question of whether that decision should be left to voting, drinking, smoking, driving, working adults, or someone being paid to censor in an office building.

Regards,

Deadkool

Dear, Donald Trump

Upon realizing you hold the same election platform as Lex Luthor, a billionaire with hair issues that's tough on illegal aliens, I withdrew support. A few mere months ago you were a wholehearted supporter of the Democratic Party and currently, you're lobbying for the Republican nomination. I dislike illegal immigrants as much as the nice guy, but if

I remember correctly, forcing a cultural group to construct a device for separation didn't work out too well last time *cough* Hitler *cough*. In conclusion, please leave the presidential campaign and God help us all if Hillary gets in.

Sincerely,

Deadkool

Dear, Honey Boo Boo Family,

Why?

Informally,

Deadkool

Dear, Pharmaceutical Companies

I appreciate penicillin and the polio vaccine, plus whatever you guys cooked up in Planet of The Apes, but I'm having trouble seeing why it could cost 3000 dollars for the Rainforest equivalent of microwaved vanilla extract.

Thanks,

D.K.

That all for now folks. I'll get to some more soon, in the meantime, let me know what you think, if I'm wrong, correct me, if you agree. Say why. Or just put down a few paragraphs on why cheese is actually a communist invention.

Hasta Luego Diego,

Deadkool​

 

[The Gunrunner]

Should see "This Film is Not Yet Rated." It's a documentary on the first thing.


Can't give a link since it shows da boobis.

 

[Daiagnosis]

With how hard it is for people immigrating to the U.S to actually become a U.S citizen, I find it justifiable on why someone would illegally immigrate. Admittedly, it has gotten better over the years, but it's still absurdly hard to become a citizen without family already being in the U.S. All Donald Trump wants to do is make it harder for him, and at this point I hate him more than I used to. He's also racist, claiming before that Latinos were "racist, absurd, incoherent and ignorant."


And let's be honest for a second, if Berny Sanders doesn't get in, I'll probably be rooting for Hillary, mainly because if our country gets taken over by Republicans, they're only going to drive it further into the ground and undo everything good Obama has done.

 

[Deadkool]

I would disagree with that, Bernie Sanders is a socialist, literally, he has stated that. While Democratic policies seem beneficial short term, they hurt everyone long term. While I agree becoming a U.S. Citizen is difficult, I would also say the reason it is so difficult is that with the hundreds coming from the South each year, the U.S. simply cannot sustain so many immigrants.


 
Also, I'm not stating everything Republicans do is good, but lesser of two evils and what not. I'm a Jeffersonian

 

[Daiagnosis]

Claiming Bernie Sanders is a socialist isn't going to scare anyone away from him. If they agree with his views (Which I do, as they address major problems in our country which I have yet to see any decent Republican or Democratic candidate do.), they'll still vote for him anyways.


I think that's backwards thinking, if people have already seen that it's difficult to become a citizen, wouldn't that veer them more to illegal immigration? Deportation is still splitting up families, and they're being deported simply because they won't jump through countless hoops for the U.S just to become a citizen. It's not like people are immigrating illegally simply because, they actually want to improve their lives by coming to the U.S

 

[Deadkool]

Everyone who lives in this country legally (besides the original settlers) had to jump through hoops. They're tougher today because our economy simply cannot function at such a high population. Many people say jobs are being stolen (isn't technically true) , however, there is a finite number of positions. Yes, people do want to improve their lives, but doing so illegally isn't the way to do so. The world isn't perfect, but we should reward those who do take the time and effort to enter the country legally so they actually have a chance to make it all worth it.

 

[Daiagnosis]

And that number of finite jobs are so small because America's infrastructure is pretty much a disaster. Just because people in the past had to go through the nightmare that is applying for U.S Citizenship doesn't mean that people in the future have to. People are going to illegally immigrant because the reward for jumping through all that isn't worth the risk or the cost money wise. Instead of deporting and tearing apart families simply because "The Law", and making it near impossible for someone outside the U.S to become a citizen isn't going to help our situation.

 

[Deadkool]

Tell me, why are families being torn apart? Could it be because people are illegally crossing the border, then giving birth to children? (>n>)

 

[Daiagnosis]

Yep, it happens. As someone can come from Mexico illegally, finds a husband, and can have children that are U.S citizens (because they were born there), and still get deported. There was a case of women who illegally migrated 21 YEARS ago, had three children, and yet was still deported. It should also be noted that the woman was a single mother. This whole situation is funny because Donald Trumps parents themselves are immigrants that came from Germany, yet he tweeted and I quote word by word "My grandparents didn't come to America all the way from Germany just to see it get taken over by immigrants. Not on my watch. #Deporterinchef".


Oh the irony, or rather is it hypocrisy?


I'm starting to think that you don't realize just how hard it is in order to become a U.S Citizen. Most people are ineligible for permanent residence unless they marry a US citizen, and even then, people are often required to serve a ten year bar from the country. A lot of illegal immigrants come from Mexico, and are in situations where it's impossible for them to live safely and keep their families out of harms way, they wouldn't have time to sit out around in wait ten years for the off chance they'd become a permanent residence of the U.S

 

[Deadkool]

Oh, yeah, as I said above, I by no means support Trump. One needs to look at this situation practically, if it were possible to take every immigrant from Mexico that's in danger and move them to the U.S. without breaking the U.S. Economy, I'd be all for it. Also, how about instead of illegally immigrating 21 years ago, you spend one year getting into the U.S. Legally if you have a decent income. This situation isn't ideal, but it's impossible to take everyone from Mexico into the U.S.

 

[Daiagnosis]

But even with that, you ignore what I said below. Most times you aren't even eligible unless you have a U.S husband/wife, and even if you are it could take 10 years to actually get that Citizenship. People from Mexico aren't usually in the position to wait that long, and thus they illegally immigrate.

 

[Deadkool]

• August 2015 — Jose Angel Villarreal-Sanchez, a 42-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of possessing a firearm in Texas. According to federal law, illegal aliens are not permitted to possess firearms. Three baggies of cocaine were also found hidden in his backyard. Villarreal-Sanchez is expected to be sentenced in December. He could face up to 10 years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 fine. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, August 11, 2015)
  

• July 2015 — Ever Olivos-Gutierrez, an illegal visa overstayer, was convicted of second degree murder in Colorado for the death he caused while driving intoxicated. It was the fourth time since 2000 he had been arrested for DUI, but there was no record of immigration authorities ever being notified. He was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. (Denver Channel 7)
  

• June 2015 — A Salvadoran, Mauricio Hernandez, convicted of rape and murder of the baby born to his victim was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Texas and faces deportation when he has served his sentence. (The Dallas Morning News, June 5, 2015)
  

• May 2015 — A Salvadoran, Julio C. Saravia, faces deportation following a prison sentence of 29 years for rape of a minor, to which he pled guilty in Virginia.
  

• May 2015 — Two Mexicans, Juan Hernandez-Sanchez and (FNU) Canela-Perez, pled guilty in Portland, Oregon and were sentenced to seven years in state prison for distribution of methamphetamines and heroin. (Oregonian, May 14, 2015
  

• May 2015 —Bernabe Flores, a Mexican illegal alien, pled guilty to first-degree rape in California and was sentenced to eight years in prison. (Times-Herald Record, May 7, 2015)
  

• April 2015 — Victor Garzon-Alvarez, a Mexican illegal alien pled guilty and was sentenced in New Jersey to 14 years in prison for murder. (NJ.com, April 22, 2015)
  

• April 2015 — Sergio Quezada Lopez, a Mexican illegal alien who had been deported four times, was sentenced in Oregon to 15 years in prison for a heroin overdose death. His brother, Gerardo Chalke Lopez, also a previously deported alien, was earlier sentenced to 18 years in prison on the same charges. (Oregonian, April 29, 2015)
  

• April 2015 — Three illegal aliens, Uriel Ramirez-Perez, Darwin Zuniga-Rocha, and Eliseo Mateo Perez, pled guilty to first-degree sexual abuse (rape) in New York and were sentenced to time served in jail and will be deported. (Daily News, April 29, 2015)
  

• March 2015 — Javier Guerrero Molina, a Mexican illegal alien, was sentenced in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida to 10 years imprisonment for attempting to transport a minor to engage in sexual activity. Guerrero said he had entered the United States illegally in 1999 or 2000. (Dept. of Justice, Middle District of Florida, March 30, 2015)
  

• March 2015 — Luis Daniel Cabrera-Guzman, a Mexican illegal alien, was sentenced in Kansas City to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to produce and distribute false and counterfeit identification documents that were sold to illegal aliens. He had previously been deported twice in 2009. Four other Mexican illegal aliens have pled guilty to the same conspiracy and await sentencing. (Kansas City infozine, March 25, 2015)
  

• February 2015 — Sergio Cobaruvias-Romero, an illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute drugs in Texas. He was found with 20 bundles of methamphetamine weighing 46 pounds and four bundles of heroine weighing 13 pounds. He was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, February 17, 2015)
  

• January 2015 — Jaime Gerardo Serrano-Villegas, a 28-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of transporting illegal aliens. He assisted in moving a boat filled with illegal aliens and faces up to 10 years in federal prison. (U.S. Department of Justice, Southern District of Texas, January 14, 2015)
  

• December 2014 — Two illegal aliens were arrested by Border Patrol agents in Laredo, Texas for illegally re-entering the United States. The illegal aliens were previously convicted of first-degree murder in Illinois, where they each served between 6 to 10 years in prison. They were departed back to Mexico upon completing their sentences. (Breitbart News, December 2, 2014)
  

• November 2014 — Abel Hernandez-Labra, a Mexican illegal alien living in Iowa, was convicted of the following charges: one count of making false statements in a passport application, one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of making a false claim of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and one count of harboring an illegal alien. Hernandez-Labra was sentenced to 51 months in prison and fined $5,000. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, November 4, 2014)
  

• October 2014 — Freddy David Santos Campuzano, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for participating in a fraudulent document ring. The ring sold high-quality, fake identification documents in many states across the United States. 42 members of the organization have been convicted. (WTOP, October 17, 2014)
  

• September 2014 — Ivan Espinoza Villafana, a 24-year-old Mexican illegal alien, was convicted of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, cultivation of marijuana, and depredation of public lands and resources. Villafana was caught growing marijuana on Mendocino National Forest land in Glenn County, California. He was sentenced to five years in prison. (U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of California, September 18, 2014)
  

• August 2014 — Merced Garcia, a 37-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 180 days in jail for vehicular homicide and driving without a license. (WLWT Cincinanti, August 26, 2014)
  

• July 2014 — A Mexican illegal alien, Juan Bautista-Rubio, was convicted of one count of aggravated identity theft. He used a social security card and permanent resident card to obtain employment in the U.S. Bautista-Rubio has previously been deported. (U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Iowa, July 9, 2014)
  

• June 2014 — An illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, Renato de la Cruz, was convicted of theft of public money, use of a falsely obtained Social Security Number, and aggravated identity theft. He used a fake ID to receive unemployment benefits. De la Cruz faces a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of $250,000. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, June 24, 2014)
  

• May 2014 — Humberto Gonzalez, an illegal alien, was convicted in New Jersey of criminal assault and sentenced to 50 years in prison. The rape occurred in 2005 and Gonzalez was not identified until a DNA match was made following an arrest in Texas for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Gonzalez also had a criminal record in Louisiana and Arkansas. (Times of Trenton, May 9, 2014)
  

• April 2014 —Luciano Chavez-Morales, an illegal alien from Mexico, was convicted of possessing firearms and methamphetamine. Chavez-Morales was caught selling methamphetamine to an undercover Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He is sentenced to serve 87 months in prison. (U.S. Department of Justice, District of Idaho, April 16, 2014)
  
• March 2014 — An illegal alien from Mexico, Jose Luis Ariciaga-Banda, was convicted of possessing a firearm, possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, and illegally reentering the United States after deportation. He was sentenced to 63 months in prison. (U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Louisiana, March 19, 2014)
  

• February 2014 — Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros, an illegal alien from Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of a felony for failure to perform the duties of a driver and sentenced to three years of probation and 250 hours of community service. Garcia-Cisneros committed a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of two stepsisters, 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckerdt and 11-year-old Abigail Robinson. (Associated Press, Feb. 4, 2013)
  

• January 2014 — An illegal alien from El Salvador pleaded guilty to killing a 3-year-old boy and injuring nine other people while driving intoxicated. He was issued a driver's license by the state of Utah, but did not have car insurance. Manuel de Jesus Guinea will spend up to 15 years in prison. (The Salt Lake Tribune, November 7, 2014)
  

For every family torn apart by immigration laws, there's another five torn apart by murder, manslaughter, rape, child abuse, etc. Illegal immigrants can't be background checked.

 

[Daiagnosis]

What exactly are you trying to prove? Literally anything that tears a family apart is terrible, one thing being worse than the other doesn't invalidate the rest of them.

 

[Deadkool]

I'm trying to prove that it would do more good than harm to vet those who enter our country for a history of violent crime.

 

[Daiagnosis]

And? Many times, immigrants don't come with the intention of committing violent crimes. Literally anyone could have a history of violent crime and no one could know about it, immigrant or not. Many immigrants are law abiding civilians who just want to have a better life.

 

[Deadkool]

Actually, generally, if you've committed a violent crime on the U.S. you got to prison and neighbors have to be legally informed.

 

[Daiagnosis]

But not all violent crimes are reported, especially rape, child abuse and domestic abuse, things that are prevalent all around us and we usually don't know that they are. And in some cases, the rape kits that police collect never get tested and the rapist gets off Scott free. Murder, manslaughter and drugs are things that can't always be subtley hidden from public eyes, it's usually the lowkey ones that are the most damaging. Literally anyone you know could be any of the above, and you would never know because no one ever reported it.


For all we know, there could also be a lot of unreported missing people, or dead bodies that were found but never reported either. These things are rare, but they do happen.

 

[The Gunrunner]

If the situation is desperate: Too bad for anyone who wants to immigrate. Countries don't have a responsibility to anyone that isn't a citizen, and shouldn't be expected to protect other people. I'm not saying they shouldn't try, but I don't think they have to.


Though they do have a responsibility to their own population, so if they did something to someone whom was not a citizen, then the country would (or should) still do something.


If the situation is not desperate: It is still a good idea to have some kind of filter for who will and will not become a citizen. I see no problem with that. However, it doesn't need to be so strict.


As for tearing families apart? I place the blame entirely on the person that knowingly immigrated despite not adhering to the conditions.


Granted, the punishment doesn't always fit the crime - However, I consider this punishment to be very fitting; "You came into this country without having been approved? Well, now you're not in this country. You had a family while you were here? You're still not in this country."


Though, again, I will agree that the criteria (if it is as strict as I've heard) should be changed.


Misc:

There was a case of women who illegally migrated 21 YEARS ago, had three children, and yet was still deported

I do not think this is good reasoning. I absolutely hate the idea of having a crime be forgiven simply because you were able to hide for long enough.

 

[Daiagnosis]

[QUOTE="The Gunrunner]If the situation is desperate: Too bad for anyone who wants to immigrate. Countries don't have a responsibility to anyone that isn't a citizen, and shouldn't be expected to protect other people. I'm not saying they shouldn't try, but I don't think they have to.
Though they do have a responsibility to their own population, so if they did something to someone whom was not a citizen, then the country would (or should) still do something.


If the situation is not desperate: It is still a good idea to have some kind of filter for who will and will not become a citizen. I see no problem with that. However, it doesn't need to be so strict.


As for tearing families apart? I place the blame entirely on the person that knowingly immigrated despite not adhering to the conditions.


Granted, the punishment doesn't always fit the crime - However, I consider this punishment to be very fitting; "You came into this country without having been approved? Well, now you're not in this country. You had a family while you were here? You're still not in this country."


Though, again, I will agree that the criteria (if it is as strict as I've heard) should be changed.


Misc:


I do not think this is good reasoning. I absolutely hate the idea of having a crime be forgiven simply because you were able to hide for long enough.

[/QUOTE]
Statute of Limitations; Laws passed by a legislative body in common law systems to set the maximum time after an event when legal proceedings may be initiated. When the period of time specified in a statute of limitations passes, a claim can no longer be filed.


Illegal immigration probably doesn't have a statue of limitations, but it still should be handled in a different way. Some countries tell them to serve at least two years in the military to become a citizen. While they're serving, literally anything is free. College, health care, you name it, it's probably free. Their family (if they have one) could also live on base (if they have space, some countries can help them pay for a house), so it's a win, win. I wasn't ever arguing that the person who had the children isn't at fault, rather that it's immoral to split the family apart simply because, as there are alternatives. The alternative above is probably a lot better than just booting them out of the country and separating them from their kids.

 

[Deadkool]

So, forced conscription with benefits? I'd be on board. Provided they pass a mental health evaluation and all the other stuff soldiers have to go through.

 

[The Gunrunner]

Statute of Limitations; Laws passed by a legislative body in common law systems to set the maximum time after an event when legal proceedings may be initiated. When the period of time specified in a statute of limitations passes, a claim can no longer be filed.

I know that exists, but I think it's a bad idea. The reason why is in the other post.


Though (and I should have said this before) if you were just criticizing the harsher treatment of immigration, then I'd have no criticisms there.

Illegal immigration probably doesn't have a statue of limitations, but it still should be handled in a different way. Some countries tell them to serve at least two years in the military to become a citizen. While they're serving, literally anything is free. College, health care, you name it, it's probably free. Their family (if they have one) could also live on base (if they have space, some countries can help them pay for a house), so it's a win, win. I wasn't ever arguing that the person who had the children isn't at fault, rather that it's immoral to split the family apart simply because, as there are alternatives. The alternative above is probably a lot better than just booting them out of the country and separating them from their kids.

That's a fair point, and I'd get behind that method as well. Again, though, it depends on how desperate the situation is - I'm not saying it is, I'm just stating what one situation would mean.