The Phoenix Suns, ah hem, I mean Los Suns, have put themselves right in the Arizona immigration law battle.
The Suns say they have been upset about Arizona's new immigration law because authorities are asking Latino-looking for their papers, but what are the Phoenix Suns doing to the fans who wish to see them play a game? Are they asking their fans for their papers? A ticket is proof of identity that gets a fan into a game.
This is the same for a person trying to get into a bar, or order alcohol at a restaurant, they have to have proper identification to order the item.
This goes on and on. So what is the big deal?
A blogger goes into great detail about how the Phoenix Suns are hypocrites:
Phoenix Suns Declare Game Tickets Racist
by bucktown on May 5, 2010
How does the Phoenix Suns organization ensure that not just anybody gets into their games?
Well, they issue tickets. Tickets ( IE, THEIR PAPERS) are an identification that people have paid the price for entry into their arena.
How do they enforce ticket collections?
Well, their arena acts as a closed-in border wall with guarded doors being the only way people with tickets ( IE, THEIR PAPERS) can enter.
Isn’t it funny how borders and proper id ( IE, THEIR PAPERS) matters to THEIR bottom line, but not America’s.
On a related note, how does the NBA distinguish one group from another; you know kind of like the distinction between citizen and non-citizen? Well, they issue “different” colored uniforms (IE, THEIR PAPERS). How discriminatory!
And when players “break the rules” what happens? Well, they get assigned fouls and get thrown out of the game if they get too many. How cruel!
And Imagine if the referees (IE, the federal government) see countless fouls but don’t call any fouls, do the coaches (IE, the states) not have an obligation to at least yell about it and get the attention of the refs? Sure, coaches can’t make rules, but our constitution says states can make laws.
And, don’t the Suns have discriminatory seating arrangements where people with more money get the better seats? And aren’t there ushers who ensure that people don’t sit in seats that aren’t their seats BY ASKING FOR THEIR PAPERS, IE, THEIR TICKETS?
And what happens when players step on any one of the four outer border lines which we call the court sidelines? They are out of bounds (IE, Illegal trespass) and lose possession.
And what happens when players step on the border line we call the three point line? The basket only counts for two points. How unfair!
And what happens when players step over the free throw line? They loose their shot and the basket doesn’t count.
And what happens if players move into the paint when they are not supposed to during a free throw? They get penalized.
And what happens when a player stays inside the border area we call the paint for more than three seconds? They get penalized.
The NBA is full of borders, and border guards guarding the procedures and rules they set up in order to have lawful games. Isn’t it odd they don’t want an orderly country?
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By the way, the reason for this law was because of increased drug violence and kidnappings in Arizona thanks to Mexican drug cartels. And the law Arizona is enforcing is already federal law, but Arizona is actually enforcing it.
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