I jaywalked a half dozen times on my way in to work this morning, and I'll do it again tonight [meaning I'm an incorrigible recidivist]. Moreover, hardly anybody here in Bonn jaywalks, but sometimes they do after they see me doing it [leading others into breaking the law]. Does my propensity to jaywalk mean that I should be banned from being on the other side of the street -- surely if I'm willing to break the law to cross the street, I must be willing to rape and pillage as soon as I get to the other side, no?
Eric Crampton On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Aschwin de Wolf wrote: > This brings us back to the question if illegals break the law because they > think it's "not sensible" (for example: do illegal immigrants from mexico > also think that mexico should have open borders?) or because they're more > inclined to break the law anyway. > > Considering the higher crime rates among illegals the latter may be true. > >
