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thrylos



Joined: 10 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:17 pm    Post subject: America, Sparkling! Reply with quote

Jeezus, what a nation of f$$$$$ morons the US is!

Korean-American adoptee being expelled from the US at 39.

I hope 'the system' gets its act together and helps him.


http://news.yahoo.com/adoptee-south-korea-faces-deportation-us-071454146.html?soc_src=copy
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:53 pm    Post subject: Re: America, Sparkling! Reply with quote

thrylos wrote:
Jeezus, what a nation of f$$$$$ morons the US is!

He hasn't been deported. There is simply the possibility. The hearing is today. I'll bet (anyone want to bet me?) anything he doesn't get deported.

Federal immigration officials say they became aware of Crapser after he applied to renew his green card two years ago: his criminal convictions, ranging from burglary to assault, made him potentially deportable under immigration law.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wasn't aware of Crapser's childhood adoption history when it decided to pursue his deportation, agency spokesman Andrew Munoz said.

U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, are proposing a stand-alone, automatic citizenship bill for adoptees like Crapser.
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thrylos



Joined: 10 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Right, he isn't deported (yet), but he is getting deported, unless they reverse their order.

You are 'guilty' unless proven 'innocent', not the other way around in these cases.

You'll probably win the bet, but, as so many things (it seems) in the US today, what a fiasco...for nothing. Sparkling! Cool
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes courts scare criminals with a threat (but don't act on that "possibility") to decrease the likelihood of crime happening in the future.

News is so damn negative.

Very very few Westerners adopt young kids from overseas and then abandon them.

This case is an anomaly.

And he's not going to get deported.

Since he is not, why is it worth discussing?
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Bongotruck



Joined: 19 Mar 2015

PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is likely to not be deported due to having children.

With his criminal records, maybe they are seeing a chance to get rid of one undesirable.
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Smithington



Joined: 14 Dec 2011

PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the most important information in the article is that Amricans have adopted around 500,000 children from other countries over the last sixty years. That's mind-boggling. And 100,000 of them have been Koreans. That is astonishing kindness. Instead of bashing the US over this case iy should be commended for its humanity in this field.
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sopt on. Bashing the United States seems to be the chic / in vogue thing these days (at least among certain groups). Those during it thinks it makes them look sophisticated and enlightened (smarter than the 'Murican idiots), but really it doesn't. It just makes them look like the ignoramus fools who don't know what they are talking about they really are.

There are many good people in the U.S., both in government and in the general civilian population.

America in 2015 is a great country, one of the best to have ever existed.
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thrylos



Joined: 10 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

World Traveler wrote:
Sopt on. Bashing the United States seems to be the chic / in vogue thing these days (at least among certain groups). Those during it thinks it makes them look sophisticated and enlightened (smarter than the 'Murican idiots), but really it doesn't. It just makes them look like the ignoramus fools who don't know what they are talking about they really are.

There are many good people in the U.S., both in government and in the general civilian population.

America in 2015 is a great country, one of the best to have ever existed.


When people don't even realize there is a problem,.....what can you say?

Race relations are mocha, everyone's gainfully employed, civil society is peaceful and in good health, faith in the 'system', both local and federal, is at an all time high, and foreign relations are harmonious.

Great country, sky's the limit. Shocked
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Overall, things in the U.S. are really good compared to most countries on earth.
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tophatcat



Joined: 09 Aug 2006
Location: under the hat

PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thrylos wrote:
World Traveler wrote:
Sopt on. Bashing the United States seems to be the chic / in vogue thing these days (at least among certain groups). Those during it thinks it makes them look sophisticated and enlightened (smarter than the 'Murican idiots), but really it doesn't. It just makes them look like the ignoramus fools who don't know what they are talking about they really are.

There are many good people in the U.S., both in government and in the general civilian population.

America in 2015 is a great country, one of the best to have ever existed.


When people don't even realize there is a problem,.....what can you say?

Race relations are mocha, everyone's gainfully employed, civil society is peaceful and in good health, faith in the 'system', both local and federal, is at an all time high, and foreign relations are harmonious.

Great country, sky's the limit. Shocked


Or hang out at the Incheon Airport eating chicken sandwiches for six months. Sparkling!
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Plain Meaning



Joined: 18 Oct 2014

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He has burglary and assault convictions.

Deport him.
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World Traveler



Joined: 29 May 2009

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nah. Don't deport him. (He stole cars, etc., but that is in his past.) Just let him know if he screws up again that might happen (even though it realistically won't). Scared straight and all that. Well played by the U.S. government.
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The dude makes Korea sound like hell on earth. A "death sentence"?
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When he tried to update his legal status a couple years ago, his earlier criminal history raised a red flag for immigration authorities, and he now faces the possibility of being sent back to the country where we was born.

Crapser doesn’t speak Korean and doesn’t know how he’ll get by there.

“I won’t make it if you send me. You’re sentencing me to death for crimes I’ve already done hard time for,” Crapser said. “Listen to my voice. I’m an American. I’ve been here my whole life. I don’t know anything else.”

According to many posters on this site (most of whom incidentally don't speak the Korean language themselves) Korean is not so hard to learn, even for an adult. Maybe you can email Adam Crasper that message. And tell him how living in Korea is better than living in AmeriKKKa. That oughtta make him feel better.
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le-paul



Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

World Traveler wrote:
Sopt on. Bashing the United States seems to be the chic / in vogue thing these days (at least among certain groups). Those during it thinks it makes them look sophisticated and enlightened (smarter than the 'Murican idiots), but really it doesn't. It just makes them look like the ignoramus fools who don't know what they are talking about they really are.

There are many good people in the U.S., both in government and in the general civilian population.

America in 2015 is a great country, one of the best to have ever existed.


Is this the same country where people have to pledge thier allegiance to a flag/country every morning?

Some might say thats a little radical and brainwashing.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

le-paul wrote:
Is this the same country where people have to pledge thier allegiance to a flag/country every morning?


The Supreme Court of the United States already put that to rest, many years ago.
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wooden nickels



Joined: 23 May 2010

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

le-paul wrote:
World Traveler wrote:
Sopt on. Bashing the United States seems to be the chic / in vogue thing these days (at least among certain groups). Those during it thinks it makes them look sophisticated and enlightened (smarter than the 'Murican idiots), but really it doesn't. It just makes them look like the ignoramus fools who don't know what they are talking about they really are.

There are many good people in the U.S., both in government and in the general civilian population.

America in 2015 is a great country, one of the best to have ever existed.


Is this the same country where people have to pledge thier allegiance to a flag/country every morning?

Some might say thats a little radical and brainwashing.


I was teaching in public schools in the USA 15 years ago. No pledging of allegiance in any of the several schools I was teaching in.
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