Ron Luellen’s Humanities 101 Blog 2 Re-write

 

Ron Luellen's Humanities 101 Blog 2 Re-write

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 think so many people today are uncomfortable with the idea that problems don't have a single solution is because in our society we are groomed to believe there is only one opinion that is correct and that is the one that is popular with our group. Take a look at this from the popular American perspective. We believe the immigration issue in most of our minds is clear. Immigration is illegal and we should send all illegal immigrants back were they came from. The problem with that premise is that we would be taking for granted the perspective of the immigrant. Immigrants have reasons for wanting to come here. They may have families who are starving and struggling to survive were they live. They see the only way to support the survival of this family is to break the law of this foreign country were prosperity lives. I would like to discuss this issue that is near but maybe not so dear to all of us who live in Arizona or along our countries Southwest border: this issue of immigration. There are several sides to this debate. One side might 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. There is also the opinion that students who were brought here as illegal immigrants at an early age (under 16) should be allowed to apply for citizenship and be allowed to stay here and go to college, as a lot of the students are bright youngsters who are valedictorians of their high school class or gifted writers or even athletes, there is a bill currently before congress that would allow this to happen. This debate makes so many people uncomfortable that there is really no true right or wrong answer to this question. All sides have valid and invalid points. But none seem ready to compromise that the others also have strong arguments. The 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 all 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 all sides but no clear cut right or wrong answer to the questions posed by any side. This issue has so many varying degrees of opinions. There are so many individual aspects to consider when deciding whether to grant citizenship to these people who have entered this country illegally. Some people think we should possible annex Mexico so that the people who live there could become tax paying citizens in our country and then there would be no borders. There are also those that say legalization of the drug marijuana would curve the activity of the Mexican cartel drugs gangs that make this illegal activity along out borders so dangerous. I believe this is a question that has no right or wrong answer. My belief is we must strengthen our security on our borders for safeties sake. I believe people entering our country illegally must be retained and each situation be handled on a case by case bases. Criminals who are come here in support of crime should be dealt with harshly but hard working families should be allowed to apply for citizenship and become tax paying members of our society. I would also not be against the legalization of marijuana in order to curve drug activity along our borders. Just look at the new laws Arizona has passed legalizing medical pot, true legalization is coming and it should help with this issue.

In summation: There is no right answer because there are so many solutions that would be plausible, I believe in this issue we must as a people put this issue before the voters to decide on which course of action should be taken to resolve the vast number of problems and burdens associated with this issue.

 

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Check out these videos supporting several sides to this debate. No side wants to recognize there are right answers to this question on all sides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYjKxywzvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusudWrQoEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNLt55I2uA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZdBlzhc91c