[Magdalen] The border

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Thu Oct 1 20:18:06 UTC 2020


Sue Perkins is great. I've only experienced her in a quick role in AbFab
and then in her impressive performances in the brief TV version of Just a
Minute. This sounds like a great programme to watch (the one about the
border).

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 2:30 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I've just been watching a BBC TV programme featuring Sue Perkins, an
> English TV personality, who went about 1,000 miles along the US/Mexico
> border. She made her views of the proposed wall abundantly clear as
> attempts are made to drive it through essentially one land. The black
> bears make their feelings clear as they cross and recross between where
> they originated in Mexico and Big Bend National Park. Then there are the
> US citizens of Mexican heritage who cross the border daily and rejoice
> in their dual citizenship. You also have the parishioners of St Peter's
> and St Paul's Episcopal Church in Mission who make food for those stuck
> in a migrant camp South of the border under the current administration's
> policy about keeping asylum seekers out while their applications are
> processed. As she said, it is one land and we all seek the same things -
> security and a chance to live in harmony.
>
> Roger
>
>

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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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