you're carrying a good point too far and hurting the idea you're trying to express.
SoFloFreeper out.
Posted on 08/20/2014 11:41:11 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
That's what laws are.
Sure, any community can say 'don't wear baggy pants or we'll kill you'.
Communities do that all the time for public nudity. The public is willing to kill people that insist on going outside naked (in most of the States).
Just don't pretend that the force of law doesn't apply to all laws. You are the one in the end that authorizes it, or assents to it.
/johnny
Like 'blue laws' that prohibit commerce on Sundays? That was enforceable by the full force of the law, including deadly force.
Seems old-fashioned now.
/johnny
I loved the blue laws.
One day of the week without the madness of errands-—and the traffic.
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I'm all about freedom, regardless of how inconvenient or messy it is.
/johnny
more people die today because they escalate and engage officers, rather than officers hunting down and muedering someone for an ordinance violation. or parking tickets. they make poor decisions and then get angry when an officer defends themselves from their attack.
like mike brown, for example.
“Doesn’t make much freedom for those that don’t agree with you.”
Oh I’m definitely in the minority.
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The police, via the law, have the power, using the entire force of the state to enforce whatever law you pass.
Including using deadly force.
That's what making a law means.
People ignoring the law don't have to engage officers. They can simply ignore the stupid law and go about their business, and the government will escalate it.
That's what law is.
George Washington said it plainly.
/johnny
Officers can escalate because they have guns. A lot of times they are the ones who are in the wrong. It would be a different story if all they had was night sticks and mace. You would see a lot more peaceful resolutions.
That's why I'm for smaller government with fewer laws. Mainly laws that are important, like against rape and murder and arson, and not for silly crap like baggy pants.
/johnny
I agree. Only the truly dumb ones wear their pants like that anyway. Let them look stupid.
I hated the guys wearing the skinny jeans.
That's overkill. Pointing and laughing is good enough.
/johnny
Tin foil.
And what good is a law if it can't be enforced by the state?
You just don't want to recognize that the laws you advocate for carry the entire force of the state.
It's common.
/johnny
That's what making laws is all about.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington.
/johnny
i don’t think we’re disagreeing. i don’t disagree with your post.
you're carrying a good point too far and hurting the idea you're trying to express.
SoFloFreeper out.
You can't just ignore ANY law without bringing down the full force of government if you get noticed.
That's what's involved in making any law.
/johnny
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