Around the United States thousands upon thousands of Latinos are marching in protest against proposals for changes in immigration laws and the potential treatment of immigrants who are already in the country, even if “illegally.”

What struck me about this issue is the history of the United States. In reality, the Europeans and others who came to the United States hundreds of years ago all came here “illegally.” They were not invited, nor necessarily welcome. They took it upon themselves to overrun an entire nation to commit genocide and other horrendous crimes against natives and at the same time brought another race of people along whom they enslaved. The bottom line is that the entire country was founded by bunch of racist elitist illegal immigrant criminals.

But some several hundred years later it’s a different story. This reminds me of Heinz’s Dilemna. Read this and think about what you would do:

A woman was near death from cancer. One drug might save her, a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The druggist was charging $2000 for the cure — ten times what the drug had cost him to make. The sick woman’s husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money but he could collect only about half of what it the druggist charges. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or to let him pay later, but the druggist said no. The husband became desperate and broke into the man’s store to steal the drug for his wife. Should the husband have done that? If so, why? If not, then why not?

So, what’s your answer? Post a comment to share your thoughts.

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