[thecavemaster]

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.

Your position about voting won't work in certain situations: for example, in the South in the '60's and beyond, a minority cannot elect politicians who must coddle the majority to get elected. We have a constitutional democracy for the very reason that there is more to right and wrong than a simple showing of hands. The Supreme Court is not final because it is right; it is "right" because it is final. Big difference. Laws are not always just, as Oliver Wendell Holmes told a distruntled combatant who said, "But this is a court of justice": "No, this is a court of law."