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   XPost: alt.politics.immigration, soc.rights.human   
   From: strabo@flashlight.net   
      
   DarkMatter wrote:   
   > On Sep 15, 10:57 pm, Catherine Jefferson    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> What I don't understand, in this group of all groups, is why people are   
   confusing "criminal" with "wrong".   
   >   
   > Exactly. People treat their state like it is a God. This is often   
   > called statolatry. According to them everything is morally good as   
   > long as their government does it. Yes, the state can expel, imprison   
   > and murder but that does not necessarily mean what the state does are   
   > not human rights violations. Really you people must be joking if you   
   > think that everything the government does cannot be wrong.   
    >   
      
   Governments are often shown to be wrong.  Protecting the identity   
   and safety of its citizens however cannot be wrong. This is one of   
   the few reasons for government.   
      
   If a significant portion of people felt as you do then governments   
   would be disbanded and everyone could have a big free-for-all. But   
   most people want to consort with those most like themselves in   
   values and traditions. For this reason they empower governments   
   to ensure their security.   
      
   Metaphysics and philosophy mean little to survival. Thanks to   
   a de facto world market and improved transportation and communications,   
   people and goods have moved about fairly freely these past fifty years.   
   But as econometrics worsen and wars of preemption increase, the western   
   governments are beginning to succumb to internal demands to withdraw,   
   tighten their borders and purse strings. This is not "statolatry". This   
   is a call for sanity in an insecure world.   
      
   Each nation is defined legally and psychologically by its borders and   
   dominant culture and language.  This is an immutable feature of   
   human territoriality.  When people anticipate hard times national   
   identity and cohesion increase.  With this comes resistance to   
   perceived outsiders whatever their form.   
      
   So while you may claim a 'right' to another's territory, prepare   
   for a fight.   
      
      
      
      
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