On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > I have more > scorn for someone that steals a car stereo because they are bored or > it looks cool than I do for someone that shop lifts to pick up food > for their kids. Both things are illegal. I have more moral problems > with the first than I do the second, however.
Do you know what they call a person who shop lifts to feed their family? A thief. Is it OK if they steal a car stereo, sell it and then use that money to buy food to feed their family? Its the same motivation, just slightly different crime. > But if they are otherwise law abiding, working hard, trying to make it in a > tough world, then I don't see how they are really doing all that much > damage to the social compact. Should someone who killed a pedophile not even be arrested because they did not do much damage to the 'social compact' (You could even argue that they did some good) Using your example above, of a 'law abiding' illegal immigrant (which is an oxymoron), would you be OK with them being arrested for tax evasion? If they work here, and do not pay taxes, nor report that income, it is a crime. The mere fact that someone is here illegally makes it impossible for them to be 'law abiding'. They will not pay taxes. They will not report income to the IRS. They break the law every minute they are here. That is not someone I would call 'law abiding'. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
