Seattlest: Where Have All the Immigrants Gone?

Editor Seth

Thu, 03 May 2007 10:11:12 -0800

Grammarnazi, I've fixed the two errors you mentioned. Please feel free to point out specific errors or affronts to style in the comments. And, if you or any of your fellow Grammar brownshirts would like to volunteer as full-time copy editors (for a little-read blog, for no pay), we'd love to have you!

grammarnazi

Thu, 03 May 2007 09:49:31 -0800

I know it's a little-read blog, I know you're not making money, but... Can't you get someone to edit your posts before they go up? Spelling errors (publisized, de rigeur), run-on sentences, grammar errors, etc., are a serious distraction from whatever point you're trying to make.

sophie

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:11:42 -0800

We do rallies in Seattle because Seattle is where the people are. Organizing a rally in Olympia would be difficult because the bulk of the participators would be commuting. I also believe that we are looking to make a statement to the rest of the nation, perhaps the other Washington, not just the state legislature. I don't understand why citizens would be pissed off when it is one day a year and it's a gathering to celebrate unity and to advocate for social justice. You can't bear the inconvenience? We live in a city. And we are practicing free speech and democracy. There should be larger and more frequent demonstrations. Look at the rest of the world. We are so apathetic. I was there yesterday because I believe that immigration reform is an urgent issue. The national bills died and the media stopped covering the issue before anything was resolved. But that doesn't mean we should go back to ignoring it. Perhaps last year it was used by the Bush admin as a temporary distraction from the mess in Iraq, but it is quite obvious that we need to continue the conversation until something is accomplished. Let's not wait until next year.

Dan

Wed, 02 May 2007 16:35:45 -0800

@2, this is an ok situation for you? People hiding in their homes afraid to even go to work? Whose crime being born on the wrong side of a line?

dpk

Wed, 02 May 2007 14:53:20 -0800

I don't get why they do the rallies in Seattle, instead of where laws are written, such as Olympia. Unless their goal is to piss off the citizens and not influence lawmakers, but that just seems silly.

guest

Wed, 02 May 2007 12:36:22 -0800

Well done America? They're illegal, isn't that the whole point? It's not legal what they are doing, so it's America's fault that these people (quoted in the article, not a stereotype) are staying in their home other than to work?

Jack

Wed, 02 May 2007 12:19:08 -0800

I walked East up Pine at about 4:45pm and passed by the march. Definitely smaller than last year. Seattle's march may have been short, but at least it wasn't violent like in LA... (check out the video on SLOG.)