Invitation to an Olde-fashioned WCF Brawl

The Marquess of Queensbury rules will be in effect

It never ceases to amaze us to observe how every discussion thread develops a life of its own, here at Weber County Forum.

What started out as just another ho-hum garden-variety expose of yet another Boss Godfrey prevarication in yesterday's article, has now carromed off into a heated discussion on the topic of illegal immigration.

While we're tempted to avoid the conversation altogether (we have gentle and delicate sensibilities, after all,) we're going to temp fate, throw a little more fuel on the fire, start a new thread and link a Standard-Examiner Op-Ed piece which appeared in this morning's edition:

The Day Without Farm Workers

We believe that the "illegal immigration issue" is highly nuanced, and that the above article reveals one chink in the armor of those who would opt for draconian police state action against the 12-20 million illegals who've unlawfully crossed our borders, and attempted to live "the American Dream."

We also believe this article reveals one of the practical nuances which argues against neat & clever solutions to the "illegal alien problem."

Do you like peaches that have the taste and texture of cardboard? That's the fundamental question that Farmer Masumoto asks of us.

What do our gentle readers think about this?

Make your arguments and post your links, gentle readers. We know this is a hot-button topic for many of you.

We may decide to move a few of your comments from the previous thread here, just to kickstart this discussion, BTW.

Please promise though, as you enter into this potentially inflammatory invited discussion, that you'll all kiss and make up in the morning -- Smooch!

Update 5/19/07 10:36 a.m. MT: At risk of further stirring the pot, we post an interesting article on the proposed "immigration reform" bill at Townhall.com, where there's a very lively reader discussion in progress.