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Originally posted by ltl/fb
This is kind of like the day-labor center in Herndon, VA -- a shelter was built, and a bunch of people got into office by saying they'd stop letting illegal immigrants use it. Then when they got into office, they couldn't find anyone to run it who could screen for illegal aliens, and they realized that if they shut it down, day laborers would congregate in parking lots and be much more of a nuisance.
Um, except totally different, but still.
ETA and Ironweed's post is so far the highlight of my day (other than the fact that we are closing early and I will be SOOOO out of here in 3.3 hours).
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Actually, your analogy is dead-on. I think it's just that straightforward a problem. Ignorance of the true nuts and bolts of the situation coupled with the need to sell oneself with loads of promises.
The war's awful. A terrible, silly blunder. Leaving en masse is the only thing possibly worse.
