Reply #52: A prototype for Death Squads? Where do you get this? [View All]

[mikelewis]

Okay, violence is not a desired goal and it would concern me if this was violent or deadly. If these Minutemen were down in Texas shooting people with sniper rifles as they cross the border, that would be of concern. But that is not what is going on. The most important part of vigilante is vigilance, they are watching and reporting the illegal crossings to authorities and thier actions have stopped illegals from crossing the border in the areas they patrol. They have done nothing illegal or immoral. They are watching our border and reporting crime. There is nothing wrong with that. Your paranoia about militia groups and your belief that it is only the federal government that can provide security is more of a concern. Militia groups may be the only thing that can stand in the way of a government who seeks to enact a police state and the federal government obviously has no desire to protect our borders.

The people illegally crossing our borders are not undocumented workers, they are illegal immigrants with forged documents who are paying taxes and recieving no benefits other than the priviledge of mowing our lawns for way less than minimum wage. The issue isn't whether or not the minutemen are going to turn into death squads. The issue is what are we going to do about the illegal immigration policy of this country. Illegals are the modern day equivelent of state sponsored slavery and the anger generated by thier flood into this country is what will cause the violence, not the minutemen who are acting responsibly and legally by watching and reporting illegal activity. This issue will not be solved by putting a band-aid on an knife wound, especially since the knife is still in the wound.