RC>All of which are a result of that individual's personal
RC>choice - no one else's. 
 
      A choice to starve and live in a perpetual state of poverty, or
to take risks, struggle against seemingly unsurmountable odds, and do
all that can be done to have a better life.  
 MA> I am remined of those who aided escaping slaves along the
 MA> underground railroad talking to those given the task of
 MA> returning them to their owners. I can well imagine such
 MA> words being said. 
RC>Oh? Which illegal aliens were brought to this country in
RC>chains and against their will?
  
          No not brought in in chains, just as fleeing slaves did not
flee to free states in chains, but, like we once captured fleeing
slaves, chained them, and forced them back into the chains of slavery,
we are now capturing those fleeing hopelessness, chaining them, and
forcing them back into the chains of hopelessness.  In both cases,
those seeking hope and liberty, followed the nothern star in hopes of
realizing their dreams.  In both cases, those who wrap themselves in
unjust and inhumane law, armed and deadly, stand in their way.
RC>Your hyperbole has exceeded the bounds of rationality on
RC>this subject. 
         From the perspective of the bounty hunter I suppose it does.
From the perspective of the man, woman, or child, being tracked by
armed men with dogs as they desperately seek refuge from the torment
that has been their life in the lands of the north where liberty is
said to flourish, I suggest the differences are insignifigant.
RC>... Incoming fire has the right of way.
 
          But does it have the right. 
 
                                           Mike Angwin
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