(09-12-2017 01:41 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(09-12-2017 01:10 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-12-2017 11:27 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(09-12-2017 10:28 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(09-12-2017 10:15 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  A lady in the Memphis metro area was recently arrested for years of embezzling from her employer. She was arrested and is awaiting trial.

Should her children be able to continue to live in their home? They were not involved in her criminal activity. They may not have even been aware of her actions.

A woman broke into someone elses house and decided to live there with her kids. The kids did nothing wrong. should they be allowed to continue living in the house while the mother is on trial?

False equivalency. Your hypothetical deals with someone's personal property rights.

Not really. Private property rights only exist due to law and public policy. Its the same thing that governs citizenship.

Here's some of the hoops a non-citizen has to go through to buy property in Mexico. I simply show you this because you seem to think just walking into a nation and taking up residence there is normal procedure in the world. It is not. The country that whines the loudest about this (Mexico) is quite restrictive in its immigration policies and its treatment of non-citizens. They do not allow people illegally in their country to stay PERIOD.

http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2015/01/a...in-mexico/

That's the point they want to refuse to concede. We are a nation of laws.

In that sense, one example of a violation of law, though seemingly unrelated to another example, are connected in that laws have been violated.

If one group of people are excused for their violation of a certain law why should other groups guilty of violating other laws not be upset?

Rule - of - law.

Very simple concept.