Jump to content
Objectivism Online Forum

What do you know? The World is Full of Americans!

Rate this topic


Recommended Posts

The popular image of Americans in Mexico includes a patronizing attitude and dislike to all things Mexican, and to Mexicans themselves. The usual explanation for the US's immigration policy is that they simply don't like Mexicans.

Well, due to the ongoing swine flu outbreak Mexicans are not very popualr in the world these days. Sunday's papers had the following anecdotes:

The daughter of a Mexican couple living in Belgium was uninvited to a birthday party for fear she might infect the other children.

Cuba, Ecuador and Argentina have banned air travel to and from Mexico.

In China authorities are holding seventy recently arrived Mexicans in quarantine at a Beijing hotel. Conflicting reports indicate some were taken thre directly rfom the airport, while others were rounded up from elsewhere (there ought to be more than 70 Mexicans in China at any time, there are 2 direct flights Mexico-Beijing per week).

In Spain assorted bystanders on the steet quickly covered their mouths when they saw a Mariachi band walk by. Most of the band were not Mexicans (don't ask, I don't know).

News out of America centers mostly on that an Obama aide (or Whitehouse employee) was infected with Swine flu during Obama's recent visit to Mexico. Funny they didin't even blame the entire country.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...