The Forgotten

Charles Carpenter
George Murray
Nolan Harmon
Paul Hardin
Joseph Durick
Earl Stallings
Edward Ramage
Milton Grafman












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Carl Ruby

  • http://livingontilt.wordpress.com Katherine Harms

    I believe we should reform our immigration laws. I don’t believe we should abandon the notion that people who come here from other countries must come through legal channels. Those who avoid legal channels must be identified as illegal and they must be returned to their own countries. Those who believe that this country is where they can best earn a living for those in the country of their origin, must, nevertheless, come in legally or not at all. Our country is not obligated to provide for the whole world with no accountability. To allow undocumented immigration to continue is to further degrade the rule of law, not men. It is to allow men and women to decide what is law without any consultation or permission to do so. I am sorry that Mexico is not a better place to rear and provide for a family, but it is not my fault, and I am not obligated to fix it. In the USA, we have a history in which people who recognized unprincipled oppression rejected it and established a nation of laws, not men. Let Mexicans who want their lives to be better do the same thing. It costs blood and treasure. But it is worth it. Let them pay the price our ancestors paid for freedom and then let them enjoy the fruits of freedom and the rule of law. Do not let them sponge off our fruits and divert them to people who have not paid the price.

    • gimpi

      Katherine, I understand your views about following the law, but it’s important to remember, the Jim Crow South was following the law. Laws written by duly elected lawmakers, laws that reflected the views of the majority of the electorate. Those laws were still wrong, and the people who opposed them, from freedom riders to voting-rights activists, were right. We can’t allow rule of law to trump our shared humanity. The idea that people in Mexico haven’t “paid the price” for freedom, and so deserve to suffer is a bit creepy, and shows a distorted view of history. We in the states have made our share of mistakes, and been generally far luckier than we deserve. He to whom much is given, much is expected, or to quote Stan Lee, “With great power comes great responsibility.”