Posted on 02/05/2014 10:36:19 AM PST by nickcarraway
Do you agree with that or not?
The definition of what harms another individual is famously very elusive.
Running a meth lab next door to my property may not deprive me of my use of my property directly, nor is it the same as directly assaulting my person physically.
But I think that for the good of myself and my neighbors your purported "right" to run a meth lab on your property should be restricted by law.
Which speaks to a larger principle: each person's actions do not have just one isolated consequence each time they act. They often have multiple consequences.
The historical reality is that the less internal self-control people have, the more external control the state will exert over them.
I prefer a system where the laws are few in number, limited in scope, and strictly enforced.
Of course, such a society only works when citizens behave like adults rather than overgrown children.
You got me man. What can I say.
Congratulations.
She had been convicted and incarcerated. There is no statute of limitation for escapees........
With that being said, let mom go home........we've got illegal aliens to worry about.
Does it really matter???? A 60 year old soccer grandmom who has never again had a run in with the law...?????
For cryin out loud, let her go and get on with her life.........sheesh!
At whose cost, my Michigan taxes?
As an above poster noted, incarceration is intended to rehabilitate the convicted and since she has never had a problem with the law again, I would say it worked.........at no cost to me!
If you want her thrown in jail, New Jersey's got plenty of bucks so you take her...........
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