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"We are freedom fighters, liberating the world from the Great Satan." ~ the group Al Qaeda, taking credit for 9/11.
"They are criminals, terrorists of the worst magnitude." ~ U.S. Officials, responding to the 9/11 attackers' admission of responsibility.
So .. who's right? Are those who hijacked planes, killing their pilots, ramming them into American buildings killing thousands, are they "freedom fighters" or are they "criminals"?
Objectively, they simply can't be both, so, which is it: "freedom fighters" .. or .. "criminals"?
Some would say that "objectively" doesn't matter, that it's all subjective interpretation, depending on whose side you're on, or depending on your political ideology.
Still, we live today in a progressed civilized world of nations with boundaries and laws that are pretty much universally recognized as the legitimate calibration of determination in such matters, and that's reality.
Thus it doesn't really matter what's in someone's head as to what they or others think or imagine they are, what matters is the behavior itself of the people in question, what they actually did do; what matters, is what they did and to whom, without any ideological, interpretive, apologetic, or excuse spin.
And what those people did was to invade America and attack and destroy and kill, in violation of American laws, that's what they did, making their behavior, without question, a criminal act, no matter what was in their minds at the time.
So ..
.. A man travels thousands of miles towards the U.S. and sneaks across the border into the U.S. without required authorized permission. He finds a house where others who have snuck into America are living and takes up a corner of the living room to reside. He then seeks out a criminal operation that forges identities, some identities stolen from deceased/living U.S. citizens, and procures one. He brought his seven-year-old son with him, and procures a forged identity for him too and enrolls him in an American school. He's running out of money, so the next morning he stands in front of a major home and building improvement store with others of similar behavior, and waits for someone to hire him for piecemeal work, which someone does. He takes turns at his domicile driving the shared car to obtain supplies for all.
Is this man an "immigrant" .. or .. is he a "criminal"?
Which one is it?
He can't rightly with respect to reality be both.
To determine what he is, we must examine his behavior, we must look only at what he actually did do, without any ideological, interpretive, apologetic, or excuse spin.
1. The man trespassed onto American soil, a violation of American law.
2. The man purchased a fake ID, a violation of American law.
3. The man placed his son in an American school under false pretenses, stealing a limited-numbers seat in the class from those legally authorized to that seat, a violation of local American law, making his son an accomplice in his crimes and thus a criminal too.
4. The man obtained work for pay in an illegitimate fashion, a violation of American law.
5. The man is violating local American law of building codes, participating in violation of maximum occupancy where he is living.
6. The man is violating local American law of driving without a driver's license.
7. The man brought his child with him in the committing of illegal activities, thus committing child endangerment, a violation of American law.
His justification for his criminal behavior against specific American citizens and others legally entitled? He says he's an "immigrant". That's it. He says that he's an "immigrant", and to him, that justifies what he did, the crimes he committed.
So .. is he an "immigrant", as he says, as he thinks or imagines in his mind .. or .. is he a "criminal" as his behavior reflects? He simply can't rightly be both.
His acts, his behavior, clearly makes him a criminal.
And, why is he not an "immigrant"?
Because an immigrant to America is someone whose behavior accurately identifies him as an immigrant, someone who before he came to America filed papers through his country of origin with American officials applying for immigration to the U.S., appropriately waited his turn in line for American resources to become available, received authorization to come to America, came to America and entered the country through proper official pathways, to legally participate in activities in America. That's what an immigrant is. A similarly legal path for people on work visas also exists. This is all different from legal asylum, which has different qualifying criteria.
But, this man did none of that.
And bringing his child here with him does not add to his claim of being an "immigrant", it actually detracts from it.
It doesn't matter what's in the man's mind, that he may think or imagine himself to be an "immigrant", even whether or not he knows he's committing multiple crimes against the American citizenry.
And, it also doesn't matter how many others committing the same behaviors are also thinking or imagining in their minds what they are.
And, it most certainly doesn't matter what political ideologues want to think or imagine in their minds about it for their utilitarian political power-play agenda.
No, what matters is his behavior, what he actually did do.
He didn't do behaviors that made him an "immigrant".
He did do behaviors that made him a criminal.
That's all that matters.
Clearly, and without rational conjecture, the 20 million people who have trespassed onto American land, procured forged identities, stolen Americans' jobs/classrooms/road space/living space/other Americans' resources .. are criminals, and they are simply not "immigrants".
And some of them have added terrorism, drug-running, human-trafficking, and other crimes to their list of criminal behaviors.
Therefore they should rightly receive criminal prosecution for their crimes .. just as Al Qaeda should rightly receive their just rewards as criminals.
Thus the so-called "immigration" bill before the House is an obvious absolute farce, an ideological, interpretive, apologetic excuse spin, born out of a blatant vote-pandering effort that attempts a great egregious injustice to American citizens and legal immigrants: the completely unjustified amnesty and legalization of criminals, without ever bringing those criminals to trial and conviction to make them pay for their crimes and return their ill-gotten gains to their rightful American owners.
The "Gang of Eight" and other supporters of this bill are exhibiting the worst treasonous betrayal of the American citizens who elected them to enact and safeguard liberty and justice for all Americans, making this "Gang of Eight" and their supporters the worst traitors to Americans since Benedict Arnold himself!
Clearly this misnomered "immigration" bill is a great wrong, a great violation of justice for all American citizens, as the 20 million illegals, their rightful and accurate name, are criminals, not immigrants, as they are rightly indicted by their behavior, not what's in their mind.
If a man hates someone and thinks thoughts of murdering that person but doesn't speak or act it out, can he be brought to trial and convicted of murder?
Of course not.
It doesn't matter what is in the man's mind as to what he is.
It matters only what he actually does and to whom that convicts him.
The 20 million illegals are simply not "immigrants" even if they ideologically, interpretively, apologetically, employ excuse-spin in their minds in an attempt to erroneously "justify" their crimes against America and its citizens.
Their behavior clearly makes them mere criminals, and nothing more ..
.. Obviously.
"They are criminals, terrorists of the worst magnitude." ~ U.S. Officials, responding to the 9/11 attackers' admission of responsibility.
So .. who's right? Are those who hijacked planes, killing their pilots, ramming them into American buildings killing thousands, are they "freedom fighters" or are they "criminals"?
Objectively, they simply can't be both, so, which is it: "freedom fighters" .. or .. "criminals"?
Some would say that "objectively" doesn't matter, that it's all subjective interpretation, depending on whose side you're on, or depending on your political ideology.
Still, we live today in a progressed civilized world of nations with boundaries and laws that are pretty much universally recognized as the legitimate calibration of determination in such matters, and that's reality.
Thus it doesn't really matter what's in someone's head as to what they or others think or imagine they are, what matters is the behavior itself of the people in question, what they actually did do; what matters, is what they did and to whom, without any ideological, interpretive, apologetic, or excuse spin.
And what those people did was to invade America and attack and destroy and kill, in violation of American laws, that's what they did, making their behavior, without question, a criminal act, no matter what was in their minds at the time.
So ..
.. A man travels thousands of miles towards the U.S. and sneaks across the border into the U.S. without required authorized permission. He finds a house where others who have snuck into America are living and takes up a corner of the living room to reside. He then seeks out a criminal operation that forges identities, some identities stolen from deceased/living U.S. citizens, and procures one. He brought his seven-year-old son with him, and procures a forged identity for him too and enrolls him in an American school. He's running out of money, so the next morning he stands in front of a major home and building improvement store with others of similar behavior, and waits for someone to hire him for piecemeal work, which someone does. He takes turns at his domicile driving the shared car to obtain supplies for all.
Is this man an "immigrant" .. or .. is he a "criminal"?
Which one is it?
He can't rightly with respect to reality be both.
To determine what he is, we must examine his behavior, we must look only at what he actually did do, without any ideological, interpretive, apologetic, or excuse spin.
1. The man trespassed onto American soil, a violation of American law.
2. The man purchased a fake ID, a violation of American law.
3. The man placed his son in an American school under false pretenses, stealing a limited-numbers seat in the class from those legally authorized to that seat, a violation of local American law, making his son an accomplice in his crimes and thus a criminal too.
4. The man obtained work for pay in an illegitimate fashion, a violation of American law.
5. The man is violating local American law of building codes, participating in violation of maximum occupancy where he is living.
6. The man is violating local American law of driving without a driver's license.
7. The man brought his child with him in the committing of illegal activities, thus committing child endangerment, a violation of American law.
His justification for his criminal behavior against specific American citizens and others legally entitled? He says he's an "immigrant". That's it. He says that he's an "immigrant", and to him, that justifies what he did, the crimes he committed.
So .. is he an "immigrant", as he says, as he thinks or imagines in his mind .. or .. is he a "criminal" as his behavior reflects? He simply can't rightly be both.
His acts, his behavior, clearly makes him a criminal.
And, why is he not an "immigrant"?
Because an immigrant to America is someone whose behavior accurately identifies him as an immigrant, someone who before he came to America filed papers through his country of origin with American officials applying for immigration to the U.S., appropriately waited his turn in line for American resources to become available, received authorization to come to America, came to America and entered the country through proper official pathways, to legally participate in activities in America. That's what an immigrant is. A similarly legal path for people on work visas also exists. This is all different from legal asylum, which has different qualifying criteria.
But, this man did none of that.
And bringing his child here with him does not add to his claim of being an "immigrant", it actually detracts from it.
It doesn't matter what's in the man's mind, that he may think or imagine himself to be an "immigrant", even whether or not he knows he's committing multiple crimes against the American citizenry.
And, it also doesn't matter how many others committing the same behaviors are also thinking or imagining in their minds what they are.
And, it most certainly doesn't matter what political ideologues want to think or imagine in their minds about it for their utilitarian political power-play agenda.
No, what matters is his behavior, what he actually did do.
He didn't do behaviors that made him an "immigrant".
He did do behaviors that made him a criminal.
That's all that matters.
Clearly, and without rational conjecture, the 20 million people who have trespassed onto American land, procured forged identities, stolen Americans' jobs/classrooms/road space/living space/other Americans' resources .. are criminals, and they are simply not "immigrants".
And some of them have added terrorism, drug-running, human-trafficking, and other crimes to their list of criminal behaviors.
Therefore they should rightly receive criminal prosecution for their crimes .. just as Al Qaeda should rightly receive their just rewards as criminals.
Thus the so-called "immigration" bill before the House is an obvious absolute farce, an ideological, interpretive, apologetic excuse spin, born out of a blatant vote-pandering effort that attempts a great egregious injustice to American citizens and legal immigrants: the completely unjustified amnesty and legalization of criminals, without ever bringing those criminals to trial and conviction to make them pay for their crimes and return their ill-gotten gains to their rightful American owners.
The "Gang of Eight" and other supporters of this bill are exhibiting the worst treasonous betrayal of the American citizens who elected them to enact and safeguard liberty and justice for all Americans, making this "Gang of Eight" and their supporters the worst traitors to Americans since Benedict Arnold himself!
Clearly this misnomered "immigration" bill is a great wrong, a great violation of justice for all American citizens, as the 20 million illegals, their rightful and accurate name, are criminals, not immigrants, as they are rightly indicted by their behavior, not what's in their mind.
If a man hates someone and thinks thoughts of murdering that person but doesn't speak or act it out, can he be brought to trial and convicted of murder?
Of course not.
It doesn't matter what is in the man's mind as to what he is.
It matters only what he actually does and to whom that convicts him.
The 20 million illegals are simply not "immigrants" even if they ideologically, interpretively, apologetically, employ excuse-spin in their minds in an attempt to erroneously "justify" their crimes against America and its citizens.
Their behavior clearly makes them mere criminals, and nothing more ..
.. Obviously.
