Shibboleth or Sibboleth ?

Submitted by Michael (United States), Jul 17, 2006 at 11:16

Undocumented aliens that refuse to cooperate in the identification of their country of origin can be analysed deductively and inductively and a rational and highly probable determination of origination made. Experts in Middle East and the African continent can determine origin by dialect. This, like the various English dialects, indelibly stamps the individual's origin with a high degree of accuracy and can locate even the individual province, village or tribe. An undocumented alien's last name, if known, can reveal tribe, clan or region. Mores, taboos, foods,customs,fetishes etc. can serve for probable identification.

In short, an educated guess can be made with an expectation of high probability of success in identifying the origin of an uncooperative and undocumented alien. An arbitrary decision can be made to return the alien to the "probable country of origin". The return would be mandatory. The acknowledgement of a percentage of error would be implicit. The magnitude of the illegal alien flood threatens to overwhelm a country's resorces and strategic viability unless hard, unpopular and politically incorrect measures are implemented on an expedited basis. For some countries, the damage may be already irreversable. The alternative is to wring hands, declare the problem's intractable complexity and drown in the human tsunami.

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