Ron Luellen, Humanities 101Blog Post 2
2. Why are so many people uncomfortable with the idea that many problems don't have a single solution? Give an example of a current controversy in which there are different factions arguing that theirs is the one RIGHT answer and explain why there is in reality no one right answer to the issue.
I would like to discuss an issue that is near but maybe not so dear to all of us who live in Arizona are along our countries Southwest border: the issue of immigration. There are two complete opposite sides to this debate. One side agues the law: that it is illegal for someone to enter this country and take up residency without being processed through a set process of legal immigration. There is another side who argues that it is the right of all people to enter this country as the immigrants who arrived on boats from Europe to seek to obtain the Freedom and Prosperity of this country for themselves and their posterity. This debate makes so many people uncomfortable that there is really no true right or wrong answer to this question. Each side has valid and invalid points. But neither side seems ready to compromise that the other side also has strong arguments. This argument to me is like the argument of religion. No one truly knows the existence of God or a divine Entity, but they will argue to the death of the issue. I have tried to look at the immigration issue from both sides. Yes it is unlawful for people to enter this country and take up residency without documentation but most of these people are just seeking better lives for their families, but how are we to know that these are families and not cut throat criminals who are crossing our borders, and if they are coming here to live shouldn't they pay taxes and be subject to military service as the rest of us are. This debate will surely drag on for years because in my opinion there are valid points on both sides but no clear cut right or wrong answer to the questions posed by each side. Check out these videos supporting each side of this debate. Neither side wants to recognize there are right answers to this question on both sides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYjKxywzvU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusudWrQoEw
