Double Standard

As I was watching the Phillies' game yesterday, I was thinking about the rare occasion when someone runs out onto the field. Usually, the person doing this is immediately tackled and arrested. The TV stations do not show the person doing this either and, thus, deny the person any free publicity. I am not talking about people who run on the field and attack umpires or players, I'm talking about someone just running out there as a prank.

I wonder if the ACLU gets involved when someone runs out onto the field. I saw someone do this once and that guy was tackled and cuffed. After all, if the ACLU can get all worked up over citizens observing the border for illegal aliens crossing, surely, if a U.S. citizen is arrested for running onto the field of play, he or she should not be punished and should expect the ACLU to stick up for him. The trespasser on the field is breaking the law, as is the trespasser on U.S. soil. Way too many people and special interest groups seem to be more concerned with how non-citizens are treated than how we treat ourselves. It's OK to tackle and jail a man for running onto the field at baseball stadium, but it's not OK for citizens to report illegals crossing the border to the Border Patrol. By the way, I do not condone running onto fields and I think the person doing so should be punished. But, if we patrolled the borders like the field of a baseball game is patrolled, we would not have as many illegals crossing over. People don't run into fields because they know what they are in for. Illegals know what they are in for, too, when they cross over - sympathy from special interest groups. Personally, I would love to see someone tackling and arresting a person illegally crossing our border after he/she gets a couple of yards in.

Maybe we hold ourselves to a higher standard, maybe we should worry more about how we treat ourselves then about phantom rights of non-citizens.