[Red Badger]

Ayn Rand
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There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

[Leisler]

There are so many laws, rules, ordinances. Everything requires so many permits, inspections, reviews. Thrown in taxes, fines and fees.

Unless you are dead, or near dead, somewhere someplace something you are doing, have done is guilty of some ‘offense’.

We’re all guilty now, just whether we attract the torpid energies of our tax supported, fat, idiot overlords.

Yeah. Tax me more for some couch bound pot head beating off to porn skanks.

Yeah. More government. More slugs with fat bellies, Crown Vic’s, warrant2 and guns, retireing at 42 with 70K pensions, full benefits and of course, full disability.

[Moonman62]

There’s no way to rule innocent men.

As an analogy, would anybody watch football if there were no rules or enforcement?

[DouglasKC]

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws

Or the answer becomes to have no law and let anarchy, chaos and social destruction rule.