Is it because we are called the Land of Opportunity ...or is it for safe refuge??
People often came to have an opportunity they felt they did not have in their own country. Many of them had a small farm or business ...and lived in a small home, or above their business. And they worked long hours ...spending little money on leisure, but spending much time maintaining the family and nurturing the friendship they had. It was a neighborly attitude which looked out for the well-being of everyone around them.
Those who did not look out for the needs of others, but rather stole and destroyed property ...were not looked at in a favorable light. Horse thieves were hanged, and no less punishment came to those who destroyed property. Why is that??
It is because those who destroyed the livelihood of individuals, were taking the opportunity away for those to live an already very difficult life.
You could argue that drafting people to fight a war would be doing this in a more direct way ...but our U.S. draft ended in 1973, and those honorable men and women who volunteer should be considered brave and courageous. Yet, those who returned home from the Vietnam war after having been drafted ...were doing what they had little choice to do, and it is unthinkable to hear that many were spit on.
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