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Originally Posted by Challenger
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Has Lady Liberty's inscription been revoked ?
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This country is more open and more receptive than it has ever been in its history.
Do not get lost in the politics of the situation. We are a country of LAWS, not men, and to say in anyway that the thought behind that inscription has been "revoked" is simply a sign of lack of understanding. We have become lax, not less open and that is dangerous to those who lived and dreamed the words you quote.
If we have turned our back on the world, it is our lack of attention to it..the world. It is our lack of understanding that the need in the world is of a leader and we are that leader, or used to be. THAT is not meant to say fighting others battles, that is not always the answer, but the world is under siege (just watch the news or read the paper today) and we cannot afford to ignore the world:
THAT would be a revoking of our promise to the world.