Countries should be able to say :
"Come, if you must. Our Masters will not allow us to stop you. However, we cannot afford to assist you, either, so there will be no assistance, financial or otherwise, coming from us. If you come, be prepared to stand on your own two feet, and come with your own resources, as soon as you hit the beach, because we cannot afford to help you.
We cannot afford to deport you, either, so there will be no assistance there, either. If instead you turn to crime and prey upon our own for your sustenance, having come here with no resources, then you will be treated as any other foreign criminal invader.
A bullet to execute you costs around 24p. We can afford that. If you come here as a predator and a drain, instead of ready to contribute as soon as you hit the beach, then all we can give you is a 7 foot by 4 foot by 6 foot deep patch of our nation... either that, or a simple burial at sea. Fishes gotta eat, too."
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"Come, if you must. Our Masters will not allow us to stop you. However, we cannot afford to assist you, either, so there will be no assistance, financial or otherwise, coming from us. If you come, be prepared to stand on your own two feet, and come with your own resources, as soon as you hit the beach, because we cannot afford to help you.
We cannot afford to deport you, either, so there will be no assistance there, either. If instead you turn to crime and prey upon our own for your sustenance, having come here with no resources, then you will be treated as any other foreign criminal invader.
A bullet to execute you costs around 24p. We can afford that. If you come here as a predator and a drain, instead of ready to contribute as soon as you hit the beach, then all we can give you is a 7 foot by 4 foot by 6 foot deep patch of our nation... either that, or a simple burial at sea. Fishes gotta eat, too."
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake