tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797552.post5371503196497258395..comments2024-02-20T05:26:51.540-06:00Comments on HARMLESS THOUGHTS: What if Arizona were Quebec?Matt Harmlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17594593303605939187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797552.post-20309328765951193502010-05-04T07:24:28.563-05:002010-05-04T07:24:28.563-05:00Here is a good article (referred from a friend).
...Here is a good article (referred from a friend).<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/opinion/03douthat.html?hpMatt Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594593303605939187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797552.post-5422492691428233312010-05-04T07:18:06.621-05:002010-05-04T07:18:06.621-05:00In fact, even if there was no other crime that cou...In fact, even if there was no other crime that could be traced to the presence of illegal immigrants, they still would not be innocent. The very nature of their presence is illegal. (Hence the title, "illegal immigrants")Matt Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594593303605939187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797552.post-10491295990801896892010-05-04T07:16:17.693-05:002010-05-04T07:16:17.693-05:00For me, the violence is a side issue. If you remo...For me, the violence is a side issue. If you removed the violence from the issue, would that suddenly make it right?Matt Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594593303605939187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797552.post-47071535744504723872010-05-03T22:47:35.973-05:002010-05-03T22:47:35.973-05:00The real flaw in the logic here is that some folks...The real flaw in the logic here is that some folks believe that the violence and illegal activity is due to undocumented workers. In reality, violent crime is down in Arizona but the media and the hard-liners in AZ make sure that if an undocumented worker is involved, it's big news, but the facts are that violent crime has slowed in the last few years in AZ. The law passed isn't going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn't even going to slow them down.<br /><br />There was a great article in the LA Times featuring an interview with an ex-Phoenix cop who had to deal with these issues. (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immigration/la-me-0502-lopezcolumn-20100502%2C0%2C2732982.column)<br /><br />And he said it very plainly after a white cop was killed: "I told people that it's not whites or Hispanics who killed Marc," he said back then. "It's drug-dealing cop killers. The issue isn't ethnicity — it's crime and drugs."<br /><br />And this is the real problem with this law is that it doesn't address the real issue, at all.Hey You!noreply@blogger.com