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To: northam who wrote (1553353)	8/19/2025 3:52:28 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 1576365

As my mama says, there ain't nothin' common about sense. More grammatically, of course. But you get the gist. Um, no. That isn't sense, common or otherwise. If for no other reason, there is a concept of inalienable rights, ones granted to you by your deity. Not that I think that actually happens, but the concept exists. One of the top ones is I have to have some reason that comports with the laws covering citizens before I can kill you. Whether you are here legally or illegally makes no difference. Neither can I enslave you. The list can, and should, go on. But you should catch my drift here. In addition, before we starts stripping any rights, one of the first things you should do is to determine if, in fact, they are here illegally. Which has yet to be done in the cases under discussion. It is the whole "innocent until proven guilty" conceit we got from the Brits. The alternative, which the French love, is "guilty until proven innocent", which you are advocating. Its name "draconian law" is considered to pejorative for reasons other than it is French. I mean, say you get accused of being a witch? How do you prove you aren't and not just faking that you aren't? If you curse your accusers and they die, that won't help your case. Most of the tests to prove you aren't have a side effect of killing those who aren't witches. Which is really, really convenient when you think of it. Once you are accused, you are dead. One way or another. Nope. No(n)sense, even if it is common.