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From: LindyBill4/7/2007 1:43:59 PM
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The Uninvited Guests

By Patterico on Crime

In comments to Justin Levine's post about people killed by an illegal immigrant drunk driver, a few leftists are arguing that the illegal status of the drunk driver is irrelevant unless I can show that illegals drive drunk at a higher rate than do legal citizens.

This is nonsense, as an analogy will help show.

Imagine that I invite 20 people to my party. 10 other people crash it.

1 of every 5 people spills drinks on the carpet. This goes for party crashers as well as invited guests.

Because I invited 20 guests, I expected 4 drinks spilled on the carpet. Because I ended up with 30 guests, I got 6 spilled drinks.

It should be obvious that I am going to be extra annoyed by the 2 drinks spilled by the 10 party crashers — even though they spilled drinks at the same rate as the invited guests.

I see the 4 spilled drinks, spilled by invited guests, as the cost of throwing a party. But I am especially annoyed at the 2 drinks spilled by the people I didn?t even invite.

Because I didn't invite them. They never should have been here in the first place.

Not to mention that the party was noisier than I'd wanted it to be, and many people had to stand, because there weren't enough seats. There's a reason I invited only 20 people.

I am utterly unmoved by lectures that I am wrong to be more upset at the party crashers, because they spilled drinks at the same rate as the people I invited.

I don?t care. I didn?t invite them.

I am utterly unmoved by arguments that "people wearing red shirts" still would have spilled drinks at the rate of 1 spilled drink per 5 guests.

I don?t care. I didn?t invite them.

Don?t you get it? I didn?t invite them.
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