To the editor:
I usually find myself in full agreement with Arlene Violet and the opinions she
expresses in her column. However, I find her comparison of the biblical journey
of Mary and …
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To the editor:
I usually find myself in full agreement with Arlene Violet and the opinions she
expresses in her column. However, I find her comparison of the biblical journey
of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem with the current migrant caravan invasion of
our southern border to be ludicrous.
Mary and Joseph were required by royal decree to return to their home town
of Bethlehem to be counted and taxed. They planned on leaving to return to their
current home afterwards. They were not migrants as we think of them in modern
times.
The current migrant exodus is not being required to return to a home in the
United States and is certainly not planning on being identified and counted or on
paying taxes. Neither do they plan on ever returning to their home country.
Their plan is to remain here and enjoy all of the benefits of our society that citizens enjoy but at our expense. They plan on bringing the rest of their families and relatives here at an opportune time, again at our expense. They plan on burdening
our judicial, welfare, educational and medical systems, again at our expense.
They fully expect that we will accept this without comment or protest and use
their children as bargaining chips to further their cause.
So please Arlene, in future, compare apples with apples and don't use biblical
stories which are in no way relevant or comparable to the current situation.
Jay Edwards
Tiverton