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Originally posted by obilesk
reply to post by uberarcanist
I never saw the logic you have presented so simply. I personally have thought that if you break the law, then the appropriate punishment should ensue. But even I, with that belief, also see that not only does the punishment rarely fit the crime, but sometimes the crime is only a crime because the law says it is. It isn't "wrong", just illegal. Some are so quick to say that if it is illegal, then it is wrong. I believe that if it is wrong then it should be illegal (whatever the subject). The self-fulfilling logic of the anti-immigration laws never hit me till just now. But then, doesn't a nation have the right to say who can and can't come through its borders, and how many can come?