Doug Kanter wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
...


That's ridiculous. Fruits and vegetables are not illegal. The people
who
market them are not either.

You have a VERY short attention span.

No, you just have a poor way of utilizing analogies to make a very weak
point.


I've explained to you that around 80% of your produce is picked by these
criminals (your definition). By purchasing fruits and vegetables, you
are an
accessory to that crime. And, by saying that the people who market the
stuff
aren't breaking the law, you hope to exonerate yourself, but that holds
no
water. You are patronizing criminals in precisely the same way as a
junky
patronizes a drug dealer.

You can explain it a dozen times, using different words, but it still
doesn't make it true, nor your logic any less flawed.

To be an accessory to a crime, you have to be either a willing
participant in it, or have direct knowlege of the crime.

1) You are a willing participant because nobody puts a gun to your head and
makes you buy produce.

Buying produce is not criminal.


2) You *do* have direct knowledge of it because when the issue of migrants
is reported on TV, local farmers are often interviewed so they can explain
why this type of labor is necessary. Therefore, you know it exists.

I've never seen such interviews. I hear politicians talk about it, but I
don't know which farmers are using what labor. Not all of them use
migrant workers. It's a virtual impossibility for me to know which
vegetables come from what farms.


3) If you need further proof, hop in the car and drive a couple of hours
West from Philadelphia or South in Maryland or Deleware and get off the main
roads. See for yourself.


I've got news for you, I LIVE about an hour and a half west of phila. I
go about 2 or 3 miles up the road, and I'm in farmland. About a dozen or
so miles to the southwest, and I'm in Amish country. Last time I looked,
the Amish aren't using illegal immigrants. Neither are the Mennonites or
many other the other farmers in my area.

Most of the Hispanics that I see, work for landscapers. Are they legal?
I don't know. But I do know that I cut my own grass.

Dave