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And for good reason, too. Most of the time immigration runs contrary to the interests (of most) of the native population. This is true even of when the Irish and the Italians first started coming here (both of whom are mostly Catholic, in contrast with the Protestant majority which America has...

Early settling/pioneering in America (which is how our country was actually built) =! modern day immigration.

*applause* Personally, I think we should stop pretty much all immigration (be it from Russia, Africa, Sweden, China, or Mexico), as absolutely nothing good can from it.

You want to know why? Because the supposed "shortage" of hightech workers was entirely manufactured.

Categorically incorrect. What I'm saying is that "our society" (Western civilization, that is) has flourished historically, regardless of any supposed "oppression" of women. What the hell are you talking about? Occidental/Western/European civilization is central to this discussion. Irrelevant.

Well, tell me, do you think that it is disputable that men are on average much more prone to violence then women? Personally, I think that women are much more prone to emotional reactions than men (which is really quite an endearing characteristic, if you ask me). The idea that that somehow...

In any event, as someone who voted "yes" (personally, I think that suffrage should ultimately be eliminated altogether), I have to say that this thread should really be closed/deleted.

That's irrelevant. The point is, Occidental societies which existed prior to 1920 accomplished just as much (if not more)* as Occidental societies do today, so really, your assertion that there's any kind of correlation between "accomplishments" and the "oppression" of women is absurd...

Look at what societies that "oppress" women accomplished prior to 1920: Beethoven, Newton, Plato, the Industrial Revolution, the US constitution, the Enlightenment, the Colossus of Rhodes, and much, much more.

Uh... you do know that women weren't allowed to vote in America prior to 1920, right?

Well, whoever did it, there still can be little doubt that women's suffrage caused the prohibition. How could anyone possibly think that it was a coincidence that the prohibition began in the exact same year that women's suffrage did?

Uh, no. Unless you want to try to argue that the prohibition still would have happened if it weren't for the female dominated temperance movement.

Nanny state. :)

This Mobile, Alabama?

Huh?! You do mean 50 years ago, don't you? Here's a far better depiction of the typical "American" family nowadays: