Pitting Der_Trihs

[Johnny_Bravo]

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

You say that we, as, a nation, shouldn’t be straight-up murdering undocumented immigrants before we figure out by due process which ones are okay to come in; I say, make it clear to them that they can apply to come in via a legitimate process, or that they can follow the example of invaders who’ve shown up at the border and gotten killed upon disregarding the equivalent of a warning shot — and that we recommend the former, but that it’s their choice if they want to choose Option B — and if they decide to enter the Do Not Enter Or You Will Be Shot area, shrug with indifference and honor their choice.

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

When putting up the razor wire, I believe the intellectually honest thing to do is figure, hey, this could wind up killing someone trying to cross the border here. And when firing bullets at someone, I believe the intellectually honest thing to do is figure, hey, this could wind up killing someone trying to cross the border here.

From Severe Hijack, about US borders, moved to pit

There’s more but I think that sums it up neatly.

As for Der Trihs, I think the “mentally tone him down by a solid margin and he starts to make sense” idea is sound, except:

I recall once a very long time ago a mod saying that he got passes where other posters would get warnings because his over-the-top nonsense was so well-established that it was kind of on everybody else to not engage. It was a dumb idea then and it’s a dumb idea now.