I'm with Jeff here. Yes, I want the cops to focus on rapists and murderers. Does that mean I think it's ok for people to enter the country illegally? No. I -can- say it's wrong and I can say I'm ok with the cops focusing on more violent criminals. It does not mean I think lesser crimes are not crimes, or that I don't care what they did.
On 3/26/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:201605 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
