January 24, 2018

It is not their fault

Here is a post from January 29, 2014. I guess some things never change.

An allegory that is probably way, way too difficult for Democrats and GOP leadership to understand 
Take a page from John Lennon and imagine. 
Every day you leave for work. Every day a man stands behind your property line and watches. After you leave, this man jimmies the back door and comes in your house. He eats your some of your food. He grabs a few quarters from your change jar. He watches the chicks on The View. He sneaks a few band aids from the box under the bathroom sink. 
You do not notice, he doesn't take much of your stuff on any given day. After a while, you get suspicious, so you put up a fence over part of your property. He goes around the fence and consumes your stuff every day anyway: a little milk and a few aspirins today, cheese and cough medicine tomorrow.  
One day, you come home from work early and catch this thief red-handed stealing your stuff. You make a call to the police, the Feds get involved, and low and behold it is you on trial. You are a hater. You are a bigot.The man is just trying to survive. Your thief just wants a better life. It is not fair you have such a nice house and he lives in a cardboard box behind the Food Lion. 
In fact, the authorities tell you since he has been stealing from you for ten years and has not been caught up to now, your illegal undocumented intruder really is now a part owner in your home. He is allowed to move his extended family into your spare bedroom. The President says you have too much and you should share what you have, Your new roommate sues you because you do not have the SAP feature enabled on your TV, so he can watch in Spanish. Lawyers are sending you threatening letters because you will not let your new co-homeowner vote on the grocery list. Terms like "apartheid" and "discrimination" are used with greater frequency. 
After all, it is your fault you did not catch him when he first started stealing from you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sad but true and I don't really see a DACA solution that will fix anything. Here is my solution for what it is worth. To become a citizen, a DACA person must do one of the following. Be a military vet, with three years service , Be a Peace Corp representative for at least 2 years. Have been a police officer or fireman for at least a year. Give something back for the opportunity to become a citizen, volunteer and document it. In otheer words give back to this country before becoming a citizen. If ever convicte of a felony, lose it all and be deported.

James Old Guy

Cappy said...

Is this how the legal doctrine of laches works?

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