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Look the word up in the dictionary... |
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artistagent116
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Oh, for Pete's Sake! There is another, older meaning of the word "alien" than the one referring to people from another planet.
Here is the definition from the dictionary: Alien: foreigner: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Being called an "alien" is not an insult. If you or I went to live in China, we would be aliens in that country. It is simply a word, not a demeaning term.
You're young, you'll learn. |
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Under Pressure
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Get a dictionary and look it up, life's too short. |
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Leah
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See the actual definition for the answer as to why we call foreigners in another country aliens.
ADJECTIVE:
Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents.
Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign.
Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.
NOUN:
An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen .
A person from another and very different family, people, or place.
A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.
A creature from outer space: a story about an invasion of aliens.
Ecology An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native. |
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yeah_but_we_all_are
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Because we use words based on their definitions. |
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Squawkers
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Oh Politcal Correctness. Aliens is a term meant for foriegners...is that not what they are? |
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kchick8080
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Seriously? You are joking right?! This is not a derogatory term....it just means they are alien to our country! As we would be if we went to another country!
definition of alien: foreigner: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
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Ginny Jin
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When I moved to Finland it was a bit strange to be called that, but it's actually a standard term. |
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I'm a fruitbooter... So what
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aliens dusnt acctualy mean little green men
Alien is somthin that is not what you are used to
say if i would to do such a thing as go live in china i would look like and alien to them and there way of life would be alien to me |
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Micky
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Because they are aliens by definition. |
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kalsikum
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Alien basically mean an unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. So it is not wrong to call them an alien |
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xcelix
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Alien means "unlike ones own; strange; not belonging to one" so, the term is correct, even if it sounds a little odd. |
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scorpionbabe32
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I am English and lived in Holland for 4 years and my insurance had run out (you need to have a private insurance for sickness etc to live in Holland). Two Dutch police officers came to my home and said that I was classed as an illegal alien (I was not born in that country so was rightly called an alien it is not an insult) because I wasn’t insured. Not just immigrants are classed as aliens. I had 3 days to sort my insurance out or I would be escorted to the nearest airport or ferry terminal and made to leave Holland. My lack of insurance was just an over site on my part.
I believe anybody who wants to live in another country they weren’t born in should follow the countries laws and at least try to learn the language. I also believe Britain is a magnet for immigrants because of its soft approach. I would never deny anyone the right to move to another country but my opinion is you work for your money and learn the language. |
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linda
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Alien (law), is a person owing political allegiance to another country or government. A person who is neither a native nor a citizen of the country of residence. |
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Random Hangman
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Another ridiculously PC question...
Now I'm just taking the points |
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GUARD DOG
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This question has been asked so many times...don't you check for previous answers before posting a redundant question...? |
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DAR
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Who do you think pays for that 'standard of education'? WE do, for our own children. They are taking what we are paying for that doesn't belong to them, just as if they raided education accounts. Precisely BECAUSE we subsidize education and services for our own poor people, we need to limit how many people can come. Also, the wages we need to make to subsidize those benefits need to be higher than we can make with so many excess laborers here driving down wages.
As you say, their own rich do NOT subsidize education and services (and most of the top 5 richest including the very richest are no longer Americans). Don't punish the good guys who try to. They are taking from our children, our elderly and our sick - our own most vulnerable.
Alien means foreigner and meant that before science fiction existed to make it mean anything else. It is a standard English language term. |
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MandoTrojanChamp
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I think aliens compliments them.I call them invading,tresspassing,parasites |
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Just ask me
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You say they are just seeking a better life.... well, so am I !!!
So why should I pay for Other country's citizens to live here, and pay for their Education, Medical Exp., food and housing subsidies??? I went to college and paid for every cent of my education, no govt helped me out, and my parents where farmers, so they could not afford to help either.
ABout learning english, I have any easy question. How can they drive on our roads and not be able to understand our traffice signs and laws???? I dont want them on the roads when I am around, I would like to make it back home in one piece!
Added: There was an accident where I live (wis) about 3 months ago. THe driver was going 70 mph in a 35 mph zone. He lost control and rolled the car, and the engine was 100 yds from the rest of the car. The car was bought in Illinois and never registered, no insurance on it. The ILLEGAL ALIEN driver was killed. |
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susi
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because they are "foreign" to the ways of our country/history! |
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Meeeee!
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It's from the term "illegal alien" |
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CarolSandyToes1
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Honey, I appreciate your passionate defense of those who may be less fortunate than us. However, the (VERY) short definition of the word alien is "a stranger." I, as well, suggest you have a dictionary on hand or use Wikipedia/Dictionary.com if you have any questions about the usage of a particular word. Whatever you do, don't stop asking questions! |
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FORZAAZZURRI06
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Probably because they are not of this country.....First of all I look down on them because they are ILLEGAL, which by definition means they broke the LAW. And this is not the end all for Asylum seekers and YES I DO EXPECT THEM TO LEARN ENGLISH and speak it in public...and eventhough I feel for there situations, there are millions of AMERICANS who live below the poverty level and can not even read or write..SO Basically they are my first concern, as they should be every americans first concern. |
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davidc
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foriegn outcasts.. |
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Paula Revere
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First, they aren't immigrants. Immigrants come legally. The term 'illegal alien' comes from federal laws. If you don't like it - change the law.
Sorry, I tend to look down on all criminals - but don't let that stop you from donating all your money to them and inviting them to live in your home.
Their country's shortcomings are not my problem. |
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Mona
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A "Immigrant" is a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another
An "Alien" is a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization
Alien isn't meant to be derogatory it's just a term. It's ignorant people that use, abuse and disregard human life. |
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NONAME
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They ARE!!!! Alien means owing alegiance to another nation,or being from a different place, or UNNATURALIZED FOREIGN RESIDENT . Check the dictionary and you will see. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH E.T. OR UFOS.
I Like immigrants my family is full of them. Its the ones that SNEAK ACROSS THE BORDER that I have a problem with and they don't all come hjere for education and jobs |
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slew
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Most people here only use the term Alien for those who illegallly entered this country, and they deserve worse than being called a disrespectful name, since they are disrespectfultowards us and refuse to respect our laws. Respect is a two way street. |
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Zeta Reticuli
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Dig out your dictionary, kiddo. The word "alien" is not disrespectful nor insulting. |
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bort
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I am hardcore anti-illegal and I do not call any assimilated legal immigrant an alien.
I call illegal aliens:
INVADERS
and now call all illegal alien's illegal babies:
INVADER BABIES !!!
Legal immigrants are OK so get your PC facts straight and support the law, not the mucky morality that spews bloody bleeding heart chunks every time La Raza remembers it's Aztec blood lust and drools for conquest of las colonias. Many illegal alien INVADERS are not seeking asylum, but dinero to send back to the mother-land. The money goes to corruption and other factors that keep their home systems in poverty and reliant on foreign aid and corporate bailouts instead of correcting the problems in their own countries.
The "Aliens" are just that, by definition, and it is not racial or biased, but just correct.
Study a bit about propaganda, and you will realize how much the actual words mean and we who realize this try to use the most correct and clear words as possible to describe the situation. Propagandists distort the words to their own advantage to pull the heart strings of impressionable people like yourself who probably are very nice and just want a better world. Unfortunately, facts and definitions are not used enough and the blurry PC doxology many ascribe to are actually abusing the words in order to bolster untenable positions.
The law is the law. NO AMNESTY. I don't care where you INVADED from, Mars or Mexico, Saturn or Spain, or even England. |
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