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I have read so many statements of people who have shed their values or beliefs and exclaimed something like "I have never felt so liberated in my life!"  You hear the same thing whether someone sheds their belief in their faith, decides to pose nude for a porn peddler, or in some other way rejects values of decency and morality. 

I just wish that people could understand that  just because they feel some sense of liberation at a particular moment after they take a particular course of action, it does not follow that they are becoming more liberated.  In fact, they may well be becoming more and more captivated.

The classic example of this basking in new-found perceived freedom and liberation is as old as civilzation.  After Cain killed his brother, he exulted by uttering "I am free!"  How ironic, that that is essentially the same line exclaimed so often now and with such exuberance by so many after a particular person takes a particular course of action which is contrary to what they were taught ever since they were young. 

A lie is to knowingly make a false statement.  It is NOT a lie to make a statement that the person wrongly believes to be true.  Is it really that hard to distinguish?  You'd think  that smart guys like Jack Cafferty would be able to catch the distinction.  

There is a large emphasis on the enforcement of immigration laws right now.  It makes sense to enforce laws.  It seems of no value to have laws that are not enforced.  But I think it troubling that some emphasize the enforcement of some laws and seem that they could care less about the enforcement of others.  The contrast between the enforcement of immigration laws and the enforcement of traffic laws is an example.  I want immigration laws to be enforced.  However, I am not one to complain if, upon passing a police officer while going 5-10 over the speed limit, the speed limit is not strictly enforced. 

Maybe I should be, if I want to be consistent, and if I expect immigration and other laws to be enforced fully.  Some might say that speed limit laws are not as big of a deal as immigration laws.  Maybe.  But if you think about it, they are a big deal.  In fact, if someone is killed by a person who is speeding, the person driving can be charged with a much more serious crime that if the person is not speeding and is not otherwise negligent. 

Also, I've heard, and have no reason to doubt, that if people would obey the speed limit, fewer lives would be lost.  So it appears that enforcement of the speed limit laws are literally a matter of life and death--which may undercut any contention that they are not as important as enforcing immigration laws.  So shouldn't those that demand enforcement of the immigration laws be consistent and demand the strict enforcement of other laws as well?  Shouldn't the thrust be for the general principal of enforcement and not just targeted to one aspect, lest inconsistency rule?