No... Not really. Its an enforcement issue. If the police had the manpower to watch every stop sign in the city, do you think that argument would hold up? No. You'd either have a lot more citations being handed out or more people obeying the law. Same thing with illegal immigrants. They know that INS can't be everywhere and they don't have the manpower to fully enforce the laws as written.
-----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:51 PM 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:5:201602 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
