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This person really makes a great point.Bank robberies are a problem because they interrupt daily business activities of the bank, jeopardize customers and cause long lines waiting for the hostage drama to play out. Surely, none of us wants to see this happen. So let’s all adopt a “common sense” solution like the L.A. Times recommends for unlicensed drivers. No, the solution is not to enforce the law and arrest and imprison bank robbers. You might think it would be, but that’s just because you don’t have common sense like the Times editorialists. The “common sense” solution is, first, to call bank robbers something else that sounds a lot better like, say, “Unauthorized withdrawers of funds who use a firearm and scrawled note to expedite their transaction.” Then, following the Times model, simply open the doors to the vault and authorize anyone and everyone who so desires to stroll in, scoop up all the money they want and briskly walk out the door unhindered by any law enforcement whatsoever. Voila! The unpleasantness formerly known as “bank robbery” is now solved, L.A. Times-style, just like the problem of unlicensed drivers. Now, on to arson, rape, embezzlement, drug-smuggling ....
http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/04/april-29-buzz-the-cost-of-illegal-aliens-firefighters-and-schools-.html