text: Always , we sure differ on this one--I hardly expected to get in to a Biblical debate here--
  
  But your interpretation is quite different from the understanding I have always had, which is that it is blessed to help out a stranger in need, especially if that person is of a different religion or ethnicity from yourself.   
  Checking around on line, that seems to be pretty much the common Christian view of this parable.  In fact, it's to help us have empathy for the struggles of those different than ourselves.  Citizenship is not the issue.