But there is a difference. People get caught rolling through stop signs and get fined for it.
Illegals aren't even charged with being illegal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:51 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: immigration question > > > cRay wrote: > > I agree - we all break the law in ways - but we don't go pretending > > its ok. > > Sure we do, and we don't even try to pretend. Did you roll through a > stop sign today (not come to a full stop)? Then you broke the law. > Are you turning yourself in? No. Therefore you think the fact that > you broke the law is ok. You're not even pretending. > > And it's a good analogy because that's exactly what the Mexicans are > saying. Yes, we're breaking the law, but the law is stupid because we > serve a public good - that the public clearly wants. So change the > law. > > And when the US government suddenly threatens to begin enforcing a law > it hasn't really, just because there's too many Mexicans around, then, > sure, a race can feel attacked. Are they doing it because of the > Irish? No. So it's a direct attack on Mexicans. > > Again, the point is this: legal and illegal are outcomes of a choice > already made. That is, the law on the books follows a choice. In > this case US citizens have made a choice: we like the cheap products > and services that Mexicans provide and therefore now it's time for the > law to follow that choice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201595 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
