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Exactly, it came from a verb already in the dictionary, to describe them based on what they were doing. Logically, we often convert words to another part of speech for semantic purposes, especially when converting nouns to verbs.
Actually, it came form an adjective. An adjective which means something very different from the noun.
It sounds like we already have a set of words, so why add another?
Isn't that kind of like how back in the day people said "We have a word for niggers already, so why add another?"
My response is proportional to how much harm is done by such violation.
How are you measuring and defining "harm"? Are you including the sociatal benefits of violating the law in your equations? I ask because there are multiple well-documented benefits that society enjoys from illegal immigration.
It's completely reasonable that it should be easier if your spouse is American.
Absolutely, but that doesn't mean it has to be as difficult as it is when you aren't married to an American. Out of curiosity, how long did you guys have to live abroad before she came here with you and in what country?
Those stupid enough to make the choice to enter illegally are idiots.
Well that's just stupid and uninformed nonsense right there. If you are faced with the choice of starvation and violent death in your country of origin, or illegal immigration to the US (a very real dichotomy for someone from Juarez, Mexico, let's say, where immediately escape is far preferable to waiting out the US immigration system), you'd have to be ****ing retarded to pick starvation and violent death in your homeland.
Please don't make such stupid comments and then pretend that they do anything but make us all slightly dumber. It prevents any form of intelligent discourse on the topic from occurring.