James Stoll/Letter to the Editor: Spokesman for illegals promoting anarchy

Marietta Daily Journal

Published: 12/12/2007

It would seem that Mr. Pellegrino has some difficulty with the English language. He does not seem to understand the meaning of the phrase “breaking the law.” I will try to explain what it means, in this country.

* If someone walks into a bank and robs a bank teller, that is called “breaking the law” and he or she should be punished.

* If someone walks into a store and takes store products without paying, that is called “breaking the law” and he or she should be punished.

* If someone breaks into a home and takes its contents, that is called “breaking the law” and he or she should be punished.

* If someone breaks into a country and takes jobs from its citizens and/or social services that are paid for by that country’s citizens, or by those who use them, without paying for them, that is called “breaking the law” and he or she should be punished.

* If someone who resides in this country illegally requests a license to start a business, to either pay himself or other illegals like himself, that is called attempting to “break the law” and his or her request must be denied, or the person granting the license would be guilty of aiding and abetting someone else to “break the law,” in which case both parties should be punished.

Now, what else don’t you understand about the phrases “Breaking the law” or “Attempting to break the law”? It is universally recognized that they have the same meaning in every civilized nation on this earth and in any language in which they are spoken.

I do not understand why Pellegrino is chastising us for being “anti-illegals.” Doesn’t that term mean the same as “anti-unlawful” or “anti-lawbreakers”? What are we supposed to be: “pro-illegals” or “pro-bank robbers” or “pro-burglar”? Tell me, how can any law-abiding citizen of any nation not be “anti,” or against, everyone or anything that is “criminal” or “unlawful,” regardless of who or what they are talking about?

Wouldn’t it be a strange place to live if everyone who lived there would be “pro,” or supportive, of everyone who chose to break the laws of the land in which they live? When I went to school, they called that type of situation “anarchy.” Is that Mr. Pellegrino’s dream for the future of our nation? If so, I wouldn’t care to live there.

James Stoll

Kennesaw