[More Cowbell]

I think, if you look at the thread starter, my intent was not to argue the illegal/legal immigration point, nor to suggest that I am the "only one" who has empathy for the least and last of this space-time world. I am suggesting that each immigrant, legal or illegal, should be viewed through the lens of what motivates them to leave what they know and love to come to what they don't know and where, for the most part, they are not loved. I won't back up from that. People who sat in at lunch counters in the '60's were lawbreakers in Birmingham. To me, sometimes the law is not just...and, if to point out its injustice means to suffer its punishment for breaking it, so be it.

I think, if you read my posts, you will see I never said anything about you claiming to be the only person with empathy. I also never said that it was wrong to do something illegal when you are faced with a desperate situation. What I was did say was that another poster's analogy comparing illegal immigration to stealing was valid, as both activities are unquestionably illegal. Now, does that make them wrong? Depends on your definition of wrong.

I may not agree with every current law in this country, but if I break a law I don't agree with it still makes me a lawbreaker. If you want to debate whether it's acceptable to break a law in certain situations, that's fine. But if you want to change this country's laws, get out and vote to elect people who will fight to change the laws.