Good People, Terrible Crimes

I cannot not mention any specific person because illegal immigration effects millions, which makes the topic very broad, but they are an example of good people committing bad crimes. Illegal immigrants are a rising concern in the United States as our population continuously increases. For an estimate of the number of immigrants in the USA now click this link. They are trying to start a better life for themselves. Many of them are perfectly respectable people who made an extremely risky choice. By immigrating into the United States, they have committed a great crime. Anyone could make the assumption that their reason for committing this crime was to start a new life for themselves and their families. They were probably perfectly good law-abiding citizens of their country, but by making this one difficult life-changing decision, they have put themselves in danger of being accused of committing a terrible crime. Hope is what created such a change in these people; they have hope that by illegally coming into the United States, a better life is waiting for them. And yes, they do have a good reason for committing this crime, but it is, at the same time, wrong. The people who live in these countries are struggling to get through life, barely making a living, so they feel that sneaking into the US is their best bet. We probably can’t even imagine what type of conditions they are living in, but that is not an excuse to commit a crime. To read more about illegal immigrants click here.

As for Macbeth…He seems to be easily persuaded because of intimidation. His wife, Lady Macbeth, is a powerful character in the play. Meanwhile, during that time, women were not considered the stronger sex; men looked down upon them. But now Lady Macbeth has proven herself to possibly be even stronger than her husband. I do not believe at all that Macbeth is a bad person, but his wife intimidated him, causing him to make this poor decision. This is why his morals changed. People are often pressured into doing things that they would normally not do. This shows how Macbeth was influenced by his wife to kill King Duncan. In the end he will probably regret his actions because he was just being power-hungry due to the witches “foreseeing of the future”. But was this a good enough reason for killing someone? Just from reading, you can probably tell my position on that question; he did not have a justifiable reason. What do you think?

Since one of my links is not easily visible, you can copy and paste this into your address bar: http://www.immigrationcounters.com/ (it is an updated count of illegal immigrants and other statistics)