This one is kind of tongue in cheek for a few things…
I don’t know how to address this without spoiling too much, but there’s a bit of a change coming in Cata beyond just the terrain… I’m sure those of you who follow the lore already know the change so there’s nothing spoiled, but in case you want to get a sneak peek at what’s to come, LOOK HERE.
Now, for the RL tie in here. As you know, these Minis have a way of taking current issues and even though I like to poke fun, there’s a bit of seriousness behind it. I would read THIS article first. It basically says Arizona police can stop you if you “look” like an illegal immigrant and if you can’t prove you’re a citizen, then you’re out. To be fair, I fully understand the issue they are trying to fix. There are certain problems with having a large influx of illegal immigrants.
HOWEVER, I’m not a fan of the Bill. You see… aside from the type of profiling you see on Criminal Minds to catch “a” criminal, when you start doing broad based profiling, you start getting into trouble. We’ve seen how profiling can go to bad places in the past. Shall I remind everybody of McCarthyism? The Japanese-Americans in WWII? Hibernophobia? And of course the minority profiling in the 80s and 90s specifically (scroll down to “driving while black” but the whole thing is a pretty enlightening read)?
This is not ok. This is something that can be corrupted very quickly. And if it were up to me, I’d let the people here illegally become citizens. But I just don’t have a good feeling about this kind of profiling.
So I implore you all to go research both sides and make your own opinions on the subject.
I apologize for getting kinda heavy with this comic, but when I saw the article, I thought it would be good to spread some awareness of the topic. I like being able to incorporate some current events into the Minis especially when they parallel Wowland, so I hope I’ve been able to amuse and inform my readers.
But I’d like your input on the subject of the Minis…
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Unanimous! YES! Also… On the topic of trolls…
Aren’t Troll Hunters meant to hunt trolls? Shouldn’t them be hunting themselves or something?
hmm… looks like we’ve got ourselves a conundrum!
Considering the number of hostile troll zones, instances and raids in the game…
And remember, darkspear trolls used to practice cannibalism, so…
I don’t wanna sound apathetic, but I like all of your monday minis with variety!
lol! I’ll probably keep it a good mix like I’ve been doing. Thanks for all the feed back guys!
I find this hilarious, but misinformed. And as an AZ resident who did read the bill I do have to point out one thing. The bill included quite a few rules for officers as to when they can and can’t question you on your citizenship. The most basic part is they can only do so if they have reason to arrest you. And even then there are more requirements before they are able to ask about that. If you commit a serious traffic violation for example and are speaking only Japanese and can’t provide a driver’s license or any form of proof of citizenship they are going to have the right to check into you. But if you are walking down the street and are speaking only Chinese they can’t do anything. And if you look closely at it all this law is doing is giving police help with enforcing much older national laws, trying to remove the troublemakers, and prevent things like the Arizona rancher who was killed by illegal immigrants who were trying to do drug runs through his land from happening.
Something I don’t understand is why people even opt to immigrate into the country illegally in the first place. They could just deal with a few months (at most) of paperwork and then they are set for life. Instead they opt to try and sneak in, putting their lives in danger, then having to live in the shadows their whole life in fear. There are even ways to live in a country and work while you do the paperwork to become a citizen. I used to work with a man who was doing that, and when he was officially a citizen we celebrated that with him.
I just want to point out that when this bill was still being voted on I watched the news and read allot about the issue, but before I believed a singe word of what was being said about it I read the bill for myself and it turns out what was being said in the news and by most of the news articles and blogs was way off what was actually said in the bill. Thankfully one news station near me kept a neutral look at the bill, showed pros and cons of the bill, and even read the bill out loud on air for viewers, and also had links on their website directly to the bill itself for people to read on their own.
I didn’t mean for this to get so long, and I don’t want to make a political debate, but the point I wanted to get across is there is a while lot more that needs to happen for the police to be able to request information than because you “look” like an illegal immigrant. And instead of going off a 3 month old news blog article you may want to go off the bill (and now law) itself.
With that done I want to also say I love your comics and the minis are hilarious, reminds me of how a comic book I used to read used to throw in a little mini strip on the editor’s designated page that had funny little real world jokes.
Wow… and now seeing it on the screen it looks even bigger than when I was typing that out. Sorry again for going all massive wall of text there. >w>
Wall of Text crits your for 9000. IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE! jk jk
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Anyways, thank you for sharing your views on this! I really encourage people to look at what everyone has to say and research this stuff to make their own views on things. Of course, nobody’s going to agree 100% of the time, but it’s good to make up your own minds.
I have looked over the Bill and though I do agree it has some statements that intentionally try to avoid the “hey, you look Mexican, go straight to jail”… There still is the problem of misuse. I won’t argue that the intention is solid and trying to fix a serious problem. And that they attempted to place safeguards to protect innocent people. However, this does not prevent the misuse of the law. That’s my biggest problem. Some of the “remember this” items I listed were essentially there under good intentions at the start, but went horribly wrong. All I’m saying is that in the wrong hands, this law can be used inappropriately. This will be one of those “wait and see” type things I think. If all goes according to plan and it’s not abused, then more power to AZ. I truly hope that I, and many other, are just over thinking this and worrying too much and the whole thing goes over smoothly. I really hope that now that it’s a law, it does what it was intended to do without fault.
But I still don’t really feel good about how this can be used.
However, I really do like hearing all sides! Unfortunately the news is a little… ok a LOT biased towards one way or another so we never really get a whole lot of quality information. If you could post links to that radio station I’d really appreciate it! I found this link to the full legal texts.
It does seem a bit ridiculous doesn’t it why they won’t want to wait. But I wonder if that has anything to do with how difficult it is to get in legally. I knew a lot of people from college who were on student visas that were in limbo for a long long time and got passed around through the bureaucratic wastelands… I think the whole immigration department needs to be beefed up! Like 1 month wait at the most! But yeah… that’s never going to happen…
Thanks again for the counterpoint! >)
I fully agree that with anything there is a chance of abuse. And that can go either direction, police going over the line and abusing the law, or illegal immigrants getting more and more of a free ride on taxpayer’s money. As long as the precautions that have been promised (like special retraining for ALL law personnel and regular inspections to make sure they follow the guidelines) are actually followed through with I think things should work as intended.
And actually interestingly enough it wasn’t a radio news station, it was 12 News on NBC out of Phoenix! XD
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/
I like how the hat mimics the one often seen on members of the Nazi party. It’s a nice reference, since they were the executors of one of the worst genocide campaigns in history.
figured it’d make a nice generic “dark police state” look. sorry folks, no matter how progressive we try to be, an all black leather police hat will make you either evil or a stripper.