Illegal Reasoning
Let's say I break into your house. And when you discover me in your home you insist that I leave. But, I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors: I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest ... except for that part where I broke into your house."
According to the protestors, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family's insurance plan and provide other benefits for me and my family. If you try to call the police or force me out I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be here. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest .... ummmmm .... except for that breaking in thing.
Besides. What a deal it is for me! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being anti-housebreaker!
Does this sound reasonable to you? If so . . . I hope you don't have a driver's license because you're dangerous to everyone else on street. If this sounds reasonable to you, and you're a Charleston tour guide, then I bet you tell that John C. Calhoun crossing Church Street story, don't you?
According to the protestors, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family's insurance plan and provide other benefits for me and my family. If you try to call the police or force me out I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be here. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest .... ummmmm .... except for that breaking in thing.
Besides. What a deal it is for me! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being anti-housebreaker!
Does this sound reasonable to you? If so . . . I hope you don't have a driver's license because you're dangerous to everyone else on street. If this sounds reasonable to you, and you're a Charleston tour guide, then I bet you tell that John C. Calhoun crossing Church Street story, don't you?
posted by Mark R. Jones at Monday, May 15, 2006
1 Comments:
We have illegal immigrants because there's a demand for illegal, cheap labor. If you want to stop illegal immigration, crack down on the individuals and companies that hire them.
If Americans will stop hiring illegales, illegales will stop crossing the border. But the only way you're going to get that to happen is to make the penalities stiff -- and politically, that's not going to be popular, or easy.
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