Recent content by blah020122

You said "SINCE the signing of the new law." (Emphasis in original.) I know of no racial profiling incidents that have occurred in the 10 days since the bill was signed. If you want references to cases of racial profiling in Arizona before SB1070, there are many. The first one that jumps to...

8 U.S.C. § 1325 : US Code - Section 1325: Improper entry by alien When you gainsay my factual assertions without checking the facts, you're usually going to turn out to be wrong. That may be the ideal answer from our point of view, but their behavior more likely to be influenced by concerns...

I may have been too quick to agree with the stereotype that illegal immigrants are more inclined to criminal behavior. Seems I was misled by a study that counted inmates in federal prisons — including those who were there for illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are far more likely to be...

The law hasn't gone into effect yet. It will go into effect on July 28.

Reading comprehension really isn't your strong suit, is it? "99.999%" wasn't tossing out a number to be taken literally. It was rhetorical. I was only making the point that, "the possibility of the perpetrator being caught, charged, convicted without victim testimony, sentenced to prison, and...

No, I don't. So do I. This bill is not a good way to go about accomplishing that.

Not in this thread, no. The question in this thread is not whether illegal immigration is a problem. I think everybody here agrees that it's a real problem and we need more effective ways of dealing with it. The subject of this thread is whether SB1070 is a good idea. It isn't. Being...

Yes, I have something to support these theories. Common sense, for one, as I have explained, and which has not been effectively rebutted. Assessment by those who would know best, for another. I could refer you to an official statement of the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police which...

You don't give a shit about criminals escaping justice? The criminal's next victim could be somebody you do care about. You're so gung-ho to hurt illegal immigrants that you don't care if you hurt legal residents in the process. Being bad for them doesn't automatically make the law good for...

Of course I was. Like any other newborn, I had no knowledge and no cognitive capacity for reasoning. The difference between you and me is that I have become much more intelligent and better informed in the years since birth. Do you think that talking to the victim or witness of a crime...

Anecdotal information only. That's enough to make it disturbing to me. Whether the statistics are disturbing in an objective sense I can't say.

"99.999%" wasn't throwing out stats, it was rhetorical. All I'm saying is that the possibility of the perpetrator being caught, charged, convicted without victim testimony, sentenced to prison, and killed there is far too remote to provide much incentive to the victim to report the crime and...

Our problem might be solved by them packing their shit and going home. Theirs wouldn't, which is why they're here in the first place. They're not likely to pack their shit and go to solve our problems. They're both, actually. (More likely to be victims and more likely to be perpetrators.)...

Ideally, yes, but I don't think that's the most likely result. One possibility is that they will see this new law, realize they could get raped without having recourse to the police, and go home. A second possibility is that they'll stay, and when a rape does happen, instead of going to...

I should let nraforlife speak for himself, but if that's what he was saying, it doesn't make sense. Being murdered in prison is not a consequence that the perpetrator is likely to face. Sheriff Joe may be a hard-ass, but even so the prisons here are not Rura Penthe. 99.999% of people who are...