[BlueStateDepression]

Is a state that enforces its laws a police state?

What is the difference in your words?

In your eyes can the Rule of Law be enforced without you labeling the state a Police State? If so could you explain what you would accept as proper asto enforcement?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Is a state that enforces its laws a police state?

---

Depends on the laws.

Perhaps a look at the article under discussion might illustrate this:

"That means it's a legitimate use of state power to mandate that cars have working brakes because if my car has poorly functioning brakes, I risk the lives of others and I have no right to do so. If I don't wear a seatbelt I risk my own life, which is well within my rights."

Get it now?

[from occupied ga]

Is a state that enforces its laws a police state?

Good question - that deserves an answer. A state that uses its police powers to enforce silly laws that empower, as Williams says, "Government officials, if given power to control us, soon become zealots" - is a police state by my standards

A secondary definition is where the police follow arbitrary guidelines in deciding whom to harass and whom to kill - that is outside the scope of this thread, but read the sierra times wack and stack column.

[dirtboy]

Is a state that enforces its laws a police state?

A state that ignores Constitutional restraints on its powers is well on its way to becoming a police state.