Immigration and Rationalization

Linda Campbell, one of the more liberal contributors to the Star-Telegram, wrote this article in Wednesday's edition....."We immigrate because we have to."

Yeah, Right!

Her commentary should be titled "We have to break the law, because that's the only way we can get what we want." How many crimes do you think are committed using this rationale?

It reminds me of the actual statement by a driver who ran over a pedestrian...."I had to hit him....he wouldn't get out of my way."

How can anyone justify committing a crime just because it achieves his desired goal?

"We immigrate because we have to, not because we want to, and because we dream of doing something we cannot do back in our country," Flores told about 30 editorial writers last week at a seminar sponsored by the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Look, I have sympathy for people who have no hope of rising above the wretched conditions of the two-bit country they were unfortunate enough to be born in. But isn't it their responsibility to do something about their country instead of sneaking into another country illegally where their dreams can be realized more easily?