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i had a whole post worked out in my head about beliefs and whatnot, but then i didn't write it right away when i sat down & now it's sorta gone. uncle gene & i have been emailing back & forth about Arizona immigration policies & such. our discussion hilighted a lot of the nation's issues, i think. we both feel the same way about a lot of things - discrimination is bad, the poor are usually the ones to suffer while the rich get richer (generalization...), harassment based on skin color is still a problem today. these are things most ppl on both sides of the debate can agree on, i think. the difference lies in logic. my logic tells me that those things mentioned above have nothing to do with illegal immigration. or, rather, with whether someone is a legal or illegal immigrant. now, i have some wacky ideas about immigration in general, the jist of which involve not having illegal immigrants because everyone is welcome in the US. however, since apparently our government has decided that everyone is NOT welcome in the US, and we have rules regarding the living of the life in this country... well, i think the enforcing of those laws should not cause this much uproar.
of course, i realize that my logic seems to change here & there. on the one hand, i don't think it should be a big deal to ask someone for ID - if you were born here or if you are here legally, you'll have your ID and if they want to check up on you, they will discover that your records are here. if you are not here legally, you won't be able to produce the correct paperwork & voila! on the other hand, what if you THOUGHT you were born here, or your parents were american, only to discover as an adult that it's not true? should you be penalized and deported to a country you've never known? one you don't remember ever being in merely because you were born there? logically, i have to say no!
so, i want arizona to be able to enforce their immigration laws & don't understand ppl's opposition, but i don't want them (or anyone) to deport ppl who are here illegally as a circumstance not of their own choosing. (actually, as stated above, i don't want anyone to be deported. if you made the effort to move here, you should be granted some sort of legal alien status.)
yep, sometimes i feel like yin & yang all rolled into one body. crazy.
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in other news, today was a pretty nice day, despite the awful heat! i called holly & we met at IB at 11:30. i'm glad she came, because i was at a loss as to what to get. she pointed this out & it seemed so perfect. and then we decided to send the rest of what we'd collected to the family instead of getting another something. and then we had them ship it along w/ the cards. i hope that was the right thing to do. it felt like the right thing to do... we got to talk for a bit after, and that was nice. : ) we didn't get to do lunch because she had to go pick cucumbers & make pickles w/ her fam.
instead, i picked up some mongolian beef & came home for lunch.
mom called at 3 & i went down there to hang out. we went to WM so she could get some prints from her sd card & mine. i entertained leyton (and he entertained me!) while she was busy with that.
i got home around 9 & had some interesting emails & things. i'm sending a letter & deck of cards to micaela's brother, who is in the military & depoloyed over seas currently. idk if the deck of cards will be useful or not, but it's something i think everyone can enjoy one way or another! *laugh*
and there you have my day. : ) tomorrow mom & i might go to a movie, she's not sure if she wants to go or not! for now, a little more Buffy and a little more sleep. ttfn!
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