Comments on: DEBATE AT LOLITA BAR: “Should We Deport All the Illegal Aliens?” http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/28/debate-at-lolita-bar-should-we-deport-all-the-illegal-aliens/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:29:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/28/debate-at-lolita-bar-should-we-deport-all-the-illegal-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-11917 Todd Seavey Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:42:58 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/28/debate-at-lolita-bar-should-we-deport-all-the-illegal-aliens/#comment-11917 I'm only the host and so will say no more about my own opinion until after the debate -- except that not all laws are just and deserving of obedience, remember. I’m only the host and so will say no more about my own opinion until after the debate — except that not all laws are just and deserving of obedience, remember.

]]> By: Donunt http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/28/debate-at-lolita-bar-should-we-deport-all-the-illegal-aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-11916 Donunt Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:31:36 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/28/debate-at-lolita-bar-should-we-deport-all-the-illegal-aliens/#comment-11916 Hmmmm....maybe you can define one part of conservatism as the willingness to follow the law. I view myself as conservative, and I believe that a nation ruled by laws is a better deal than nation ruled by the whims of the people in charge. Illegal aliens are illegal because what they are doing is against the law. If you want to fix this problem, you have two options: Change the law or enforce the law. I am upset because we are doing neither. That proves that those responsible for enforcing the laws are picking and choosing which laws they are actually going to enforce, and this becomes the rule of men (or women), and not the rule of law. Seems pretty clear to me. "The Road To Serfdom" can still happen. Hmmmm….maybe you can define one part of conservatism as the willingness to follow the law. I view myself as conservative, and I believe that a nation ruled by laws is a better deal than nation ruled by the whims of the people in charge. Illegal aliens are illegal because what they are doing is against the law.

If you want to fix this problem, you have two options: Change the law or enforce the law. I am upset because we are doing neither. That proves that those responsible for enforcing the laws are picking and choosing which laws they are actually going to enforce, and this becomes the rule of men (or women), and not the rule of law.

Seems pretty clear to me. “The Road To Serfdom” can still happen.

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