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Florida State Senator
Frederica Wilson wants to
put a stop to illegal aliens. Pause. Not undocumented immigrants, but
a stop to use of the term
"illegal alien"
used in official state documents. |
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State Senator
Frederica Wilson is a Democrat whose district is home to thousands of
Caribbean immigrants. She said, "I personally
find the word 'alien'
offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children. An
alien to me is someone from out of [sic] space." |
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Senator Wilson
has introduced a bill that would bar a state agency or official
from using the term. |
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She said, "There are students in our schools whose
parents are trying to become citizens and we shouldn’t label them...
They are immigrants, through no
fault of their own, not aliens." |
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Wilson added that she doesn’t like the term "illegal,"
either. |
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"I like ‘undocumented’ better." |
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A group of
Islamic clergy in Saudi Arabia condemned the letter
"X". They
claim it is too similar to a hated,
already-banned symbol, the
Christian cross. |
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The
Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
has the ultimate say in all legal, civil and governance matters in
the kingdom. It issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against the
"X".
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The edict was issued in
response to a Ministry of Trade query about whether a Saudi
businessman could be granted trademark protection for a new service
with the English name "Explorer." |
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The request from the businessman,
Amru Mohammad Faisal, was turned down.
"Experts
who examined the English word 'explorer' were struck by how
suspicious that 'X'
appeared," Youssef Ibrahim writes in the
New York Sun. |
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"In a
kingdom where Friday preachers routinely refer to Christians as pigs
and infidel crusaders, even a twisted cross ranks as an abomination."
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Faisal
wrote an article in response to the rejection
that appeared on several Arabian Web sites. It
sarcastically suggesting that the authorities might consider banning
the "plus" sign
in mathematics because of its similarity to the cross. |
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Among the commission’s earlier edicts
is the 1974 fatwa declaring that the Earth is flat. |
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The Saudis
are rewarded with unearned income simply because they possess oil
that is needed by the industrialized world. Legislators are
able to strive and connive to restrict our freedoms because they
have been handed unearned power that they fail to use wisely. |
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When the unworthy are
handed unearned riches, power, or any asset, they often abuse and
misuse it. |