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6. We don't even consider that for any other crime.

Reply to EnergizedLib (Reply #2)

Sat May 3, 2025, 12:35 PM

May 3

A murderer isn't "an illegal" the act may have been illegal, but the person is not "an illegal".

Same for a robber or anything else. Only for immigration, which involves quite a lot of red tape, do they call human beings "illegal", even if it may just be a bureaucratic error or accident.