Python is an Equal Opportunity Programming Language

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:

> But immigration laws are a pretty terrible mess the world over, from
> what I've seen, and I wish countries could drop the whole "but we have
> to protect ourselves from foreigners" thing. At some point, those
> "foreigners" become "citizens", and just as worthy of your protection
> as those who were born here - why fight them off for a while before
> you welcome them?

There's a strong racist undercurrent there for sure, but it's not the
whole story. You need to put some impedance to uncontrolled immigration.

A functional, enlightened, prosperous democracy is a very recent
historical anomaly. You don't want to jeopardize it naïvely.


Marko