Neither Here Nor There

Gentle visitors, the mantle of wisdom has been laid upon us, and, though we do not shirk it, we feel the burden of it upon our shoulders from time to time.   Recall that, in the past, we have called upon to reveal the virtues of tetherball, when it was thought to be vapid, and the dangers of walking, when it thought to be safe.  Having thus spoken, the people have listened.

Consequently, we knew that, once the clamor and debate on the issue of illegal aliens had reached it's zenith, the masses might briefly withdraw their rhetorical pitch forks and turn to these pages for a Solomonic utterance that would resolve the dispute with startling acuity.

Wherefore, on the issue of illegal aliens:  first, we are by no means convinced that they actually exist.  Yes, we have seen the breathless reports of scorched earth and unearthly wreckage and secret facilities from the howling deserts of New Mexico and Nevada.   We are led to believe that strange, gelatinous creatures, complete with the stereotypically quivering antennae, have instructed our scientist on the physics of anti-matter and the universal courtesies of croquet.  Yet, we have seen no hard evidence of their existence.

Second, even assuming that such aliens exist, have we not made an astounding assumption?  Namely, that such aliens are subject to the law?  As St. Paul once explained to the dimly lit Romans of his time, the law is attributable to original sin -- whence it serves as either a curb to a sinful lot or an indictment against them. 

But, might we not more rightly assume that these extra-terrestrial visitors (granting, here, that they exist) hail from a Perelandric home?  As yet unfallen and to whom the law is as alien as they are to our jot of a country on a speck of planet?   Doubtless, they would better off without anything so coarse and confounding as the law in their innocent, insect-like heads.

Therefore, on the available evidence, we can conclude neither that there are aliens, much less that they are illegal, and we can, consequently, put the whole issue to rest.

Comments

[Blue Clinkers]

I'm not sure about your logic. I say we start pitching our blog to the Aliens. If contributions go up, we'll know They exist!