if people actually put more thought into their decisions then this wouldn’t even be an issue

Bottom line is that laws can be fought on multiple levels, not just in the legislature or even the courts. If enough people work to subvert attempts at catching and punishing offenders, law enforcement can be forced into the tricky situation of either letting things slide, or devoting more and more resources towards…

Usually when people call a law itself “unjust” they are referring to the broader abstract of “justice”, rather than specific legal validity. In the case of the latter people more often say something like “unconstitutional” or “unlikely to hold up in court”.

And yes, people can argue moral justification all they like,…

Plenty of people complain about being punished, especially if they think it’s an unjust law. No reason not to complain in that situation.

Wasn’t suggesting otherwise. Just that “don’t do it” isn’t always the best advice, depending on what’s at stake and the person’s priorities. Especially for the person facing deportation - choice is often break the law and maybe be deported later, or obey the law and 100% be (self-)deported now.

What would you suggest as an alternative if it looks like deportation is imminent and preventing it is an extremely high priority?

Well, don’t do it unless you’re willing to take that huge risk. Some people are in situations where they are willing to commit felonies to achieve their goals.

I still don’t understand how The Great Wall is supposed to be whitewashing. It’s a piece of Chinese cinema, with an initial release in China, casting a foreign actor whose race is a tiny minority in China.

I need to watch the anime. I’ve read the manga (original and MMI), and from people say there are some pretty big differences. Aside from the hacking itself, nothing about the setting in the manga felt especially cyberpunk to me (despite it being post WW3 and filled with megacorps).

It also sounds like the Major is a…

It would make sense for a white Japanese actor to be miffed, if they have trouble finding work in general.

Was Ricardo Montalban not white? Wiki says his parents were Spanish immigrants to Mexico.

Seems funny to ascribe the term “warrior” to what amounts to asking somebody else (who may or may not exist) to do shit for you.

So the kind solution would be speedy denial/deportation before people became too accustomed, right?

If we have to take that risk, we should structure it so that 100% of the risk is incurred by US territory, and none of it by what is supposed to be sovereign tribal land.

I dunno, this was a thing. But also, I’m having trouble thinking of female characters as unconventionally attractive as Garrus that have tons of male fans (at least outside of furry fandom).

At her age in the movie, don’t her hands still have a lot of growing to do?

Are people in the Home Alone universe abnormally durable, or is it just Harry and Marv? In Home Alone 2 Marv easily walks off having several bricks fall on his head from like 8 stories up.

Given what Marv and Harry survive (with little-to-no permanent injury) from Kevin, I’m pretty sure they have healing factors of their own.

Fukumoto seems fairly irrelevant, but if a federal senator wanted to defect (and was willing to mostly vote with their new party), flipping a vote could have a huge impact.

no one is talking about perfection, just the bare minimum of decency and solidarity