# Chalk on the sidewalk, Boo hoo hoo **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025 "2016-03-24T15:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/81 "2016-03-31T13:48:15Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > He started by saying that all illegal immigrants were criminals. One could say that illegal immigrants are criminal by definition; they broke the law by entering the country. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/82 "2016-03-31T14:54:22Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One could say that illegal immigrants are criminal by definition; they broke the law by entering the country. But if one said that, one would be incorrect. Most people who have entered the country illegally have not committed a crime. Not every law is a criminal law. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/83 "2016-03-31T16:17:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One could say that illegal immigrants are criminal by definition; they broke the law by entering the country. In addition to what **Richard Parker** said, a considerable number of “illegal immigrants” entered the country perfectly legally and then overstayed their allowed time period. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/84 "2016-03-31T16:39:25Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > But if one said that, one would be incorrect. > > Most people who have entered the country illegally have not committed a crime. Not every law is a criminal law. What type of law is illegally crossing the boarder? Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/85 "2016-03-31T17:02:21Z")
BrEaKiNg NeWs \*\*Emory president does his own chalking: ‘EMORY STANDS FOR FREE EXPRESSION!’\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6avFPIV8ddc/maxresdefault.jpg "Emory President James W. Wagner chalks for free speech. 3/25/2016") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6avFPIV8ddc) > **[Emory president does his own chalking: ‘EMORY STANDS FOR FREE EXPRESSION!’ |...](https://www.thecollegefix.com/emory-president-chalking-emory-stands-free-expression/)** > > After groveling before anti-Trump protesters, will James Wagner actually overhaul Emory's speech codes? \*Emory University President James Wagner wrote his own chalk message on the sidewalk after his administration promised student activists that whoever was behind “Trump 2016” chalkings around the campus would “go through the conduct violation process.” Perhaps realizing that his pledge to identify “social justice opportunities and issues” in response to purely political speech smacked of speech-chilling, Wagner wrote “EMORY STANDS FOR FREE EXPRESSION” on the ground at a Young Americans for Liberty tabling event last week. (The video was posted by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education today.)\* As an aside, is the articles “FAKE pic with the red line thru it” supposed to be related to the article? After all, there is a video of the president chaulking the sidewalk. According to the properties of the jpg, it comes from - [![](https://www.thecollegefix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fake-hypocrite-poser.Yuriy_Vlasenko.shutterstock-490x315.jpg) ](https://www.thecollegefix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fake-hypocrite-poser.Yuriy_Vlasenko.shutterstock-490x315.jpg) _(fake-hypocrite-poser.Yuriy\_Vlasenko.shutterstock)_ Did someone hack the site? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/86 "2016-03-31T17:03:10Z")
\*\*Chalk on the sidewalk, Boo hoo hoo \*\* Skip to my loo, my darlin’. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/87 "2016-03-31T23:17:44Z")
here is the proper response: 1. are you a student here? If yes go to 2. If no, tell person to go away. 2. is your tuition paid up? If yes go to 3. If no, tell person to go away. 3. have a nice day, and go away. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/88 "2016-04-01T02:33:31Z")
I support "a commitment to an annual retreat to renew our efforts.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025/89 "2016-04-01T16:07:39Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I support "a commitment to an annual retreat to renew our efforts.” That’s my favorite part. You’re all a bunch of whiners, so we’re going on vacation. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025.md?page=4)