It’s Unbelievable… Unthinkable!!!

A law ought to be reasonable by any stretch of the imagination and by any standard applied. However, when one seeks to find justification in certain laws, or try to apply even a minimal amount of objectivity, the result thereof (on any level) proves illogical - an absolute incomprehensible undertaking. 

Take for instance the Law granting citizenship – specifically, with reference to children born (within The Bahamas) to both parent with illegal status.  Section 7 Subsection 1 of The Bahamas Constitution, STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1973 No. 1080, states: “A person born in The Bahamas after 9th July 1973 neither of whose parents is a citizen of The Bahamas shall be entitled, upon making application on his attaining the age of eighteen years or within twelve months thereafter in such manner as may be prescribed, to be registered as a citizen of The Bahamas”.

However, when one applies the same above principle to any number of ‘reasonable’ events, that are plausible to happen, the end results more often proves highly unjustifiable (by any standard or stretch of the imagination).

1.       Example: An unscrupulous banker with divisive intent (knowingly and without prior authorization) transfers a sum of money from the account of unsuspecting customer #1 into the account of unsuspecting customer #2, and is later caught ‘red-handed’ after the fact.  Does the sum of money transferred automatically become the legal property of customer #2?

2.       Example:  A homicide is committed (elsewhere) by a bloodthirsty ruffian, and the victim’s body is hidden and later found by the relevant authorities- buried strategically on your property. Even though taken as a suspect, are you automatically (by law) the murderer?

3.       Example:  A man and his wife (knowingly or unknowingly) steal or purchase a stolen gold watch, and later bequeath it to their newly born child.  After a time the man and his wife dies and in accordance with their Last Will and Testament - the child on his attaining the age of eighteen years inherits the gold watch.  Does the inheritor of the stolen property automatically become its legitimate owner?         

Through valuable experience I have learned that – Two wrongs [illegal immigrants] do not make one right [legal citizens]; just because it’s the ‘Law’ does not make it lawful.  It is my humble opinion that Laws ought to be logical to a fault; unwavering when held against any scrutiny, and able to steadfastly stand upon every moral ground.    

And if, by chance, the foundation of which a people fervently stands; a Law respected and accepted as the highest authority (within their land), under close scrutiny proves riddle with holes and rotten to its core.  When the people become many, will the foundation still withstand beneath their feet?   Or, will the foundation cave-in under the enormous weight of the new multitude, and the former perish with the latter? 

A Law that would allow with equilibrium to reward and punish the just with the unjust; the worthy with the unworthy; respected with the scornful; the legal with the illegal, and the legitimate with the bastard (in my humble opinion) is inherently logically and morally reprehensible, Unbelievable… and Unthinkable.