Reply #14: For Logic's Sake, The Analogy Is Severely Flawed.

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The person you reference out on bail for being caught possessing pot had a what could be a one time violation that is now no longer active. The illegal immigrants, however, maintain the illegality for every moment they remain on american soil illegally. During that entire time, yes, they are 'illegals'. Now, to make the analogy logical, it would be that the pot carrying people are still carrying pot, always carrying pot, and will continue to constantly be in possession of pot. Now, if that was the case, I would see nothing wrong with referring to those groups of people in constant possession of pot always as 'illegals'. Though the term isn't used in slang for people like that, if it started being used that way it wouldn't be inaccurate either. But the analogy as it was, a singular incident vs an ongoing constant breaking of the law, are completely unequatable.

For the record, this logical argument above has nothing to do with the immigration argument itself. I was just looking at it in terms of an invalid analogy. :)