Comments on: Letting some of them in http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/letting-some-of-them-in/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ben http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/letting-some-of-them-in/#comment-67 Ben Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:26:27 +0000 http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-67 @ Paul It is every country's right to shoot itself in the foot... just not their interest. @ Paul

It is every country’s right to shoot itself in the foot… just not their interest.

]]> By: PaulC1958 http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/letting-some-of-them-in/#comment-59 PaulC1958 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:14:18 +0000 http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-59 "With ageing populations and low birth rates, the European Union needs more people." This statement is the wrong premise for the world, and a premise the US should reject out of hand. The last thing the US and the world needs is MORE PEOPLE. Every problem the US and the world face today and will face in the immediate and long-term future is directly caused or is exacerbated by overpopulation. Every country has the absolute right to control which and how many people they allow to immigrate to their country, and to expel any immigrant they wish for whatever reason they choose. Immigrants have only those rights and privileges granted to them by the receiving country. The notion that there are some inherent immigrant rights that supersede those granted by receiving countries is ridiculous. People have NO INHERENT RIGHT to migrate wherever they want whenever they want. To say otherwise is to say there is no such thing as national sovereignty. “With ageing populations and low birth rates, the European Union needs more people.” This statement is the wrong premise for the world, and a premise the US should reject out of hand. The last thing the US and the world needs is MORE PEOPLE. Every problem the US and the world face today and will face in the immediate and long-term future is directly caused or is exacerbated by overpopulation.

Every country has the absolute right to control which and how many people they allow to immigrate to their country, and to expel any immigrant they wish for whatever reason they choose. Immigrants have only those rights and privileges granted to them by the receiving country. The notion that there are some inherent immigrant rights that supersede those granted by receiving countries is ridiculous. People have NO INHERENT RIGHT to migrate wherever they want whenever they want. To say otherwise is to say there is no such thing as national sovereignty.

]]> By: Bill Chapman http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/letting-some-of-them-in/#comment-56 Bill Chapman Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:31:25 +0000 http://floatinganchor.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-56 You wrote "Europe is in a global competition to attract talent, but most EU members are disadvantaged by language: English is the new lingua franca". I feel strongly that there is a case for making greater use of Esperanto, whether in Europe or the wider world. Take a look at www.esperanto.net You wrote “Europe is in a global competition to attract talent, but most EU members are disadvantaged by language: English is the new lingua franca”.

I feel strongly that there is a case for making greater use of Esperanto, whether in Europe or the wider world.

Take a look at http://www.esperanto.net

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