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America Desperately Needs to Fix Its Overcriminalization Problem
National Review ^
| 04/09/2015
| George Will
Posted on 04/09/2015 7:52:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
They are working on it.
Soon only white males will be guilty of crimes.
Illegals already get a pass with driving unlicensed, and looting is a civil right now.
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posted on
04/09/2015 7:54:04 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: SeekAndFind
Get Fathers back into the house! Otherwise, SHUT IT!
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posted on
04/09/2015 7:54:38 AM PDT
by
Klemper
To: SeekAndFind
Undoubtedly a crime to publish this article.
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posted on
04/09/2015 7:54:54 AM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Darksheare
Illegals get to kill as many Americans as possible with DUI’s, they’ll be booked and released to kill again and again.
Whites just looking at a minority with a questionable expression automatically equals the death penalty. No questions asked!
To: Klemper
Empty all our prisons. That’s the ticket....like they did in Connecticut.
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posted on
04/09/2015 7:59:56 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
To: Roman_War_Criminal
Yeah, equal protection under the law is dead, and the meaning of “illegal” is dead.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:00:02 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: SeekAndFind
When you have full-time legislatures that are essentially “law factories,” what else should we expect?
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:00:45 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: Darksheare
OVERCRIMINALIZATION HEH?
What about a 70 year old Christian Businesswoman who owns a Flower business fined and threatened with business closure for refusing to decorate a gay wedding?
What about a Christian baker threatened with business closure for refusing to bake a cake with a same-sex theme for a gay wedding?
What about a photographer whose business is threatened for refusing to photograph a gay wedding?
To: SeekAndFind
If they continue to get softer and softer on crime, then vigilantism will be our only option.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:03:03 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: SeekAndFind
There’s an interesting dynamic apparent that I call “crime compression.” Regulation and law is increasingly oppressive, causing overcharging for things that are either minor or shouldn’t even be the business of the law. At the same time, there’s a liberal sentiment to be soft on traditional criminality.
So, minor offenses (if indeed they should be offenses at all) are overcharged, and major crimes are undercharged.
To: SeekAndFind
Yeah.
Expect THAT kind of thing to increase.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:04:14 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: SeekAndFind
I guess George finally got to that part of "Atlas Shrugged" where Dr. Ferris explains: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any 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. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt."
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:06:01 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: SeekAndFind
The problem lies in homes - home life, discipline, learning responsibility, etc. - best results found in two parent families.
The black community with over 70% births to single women guarantees problems. How does government fix that? It doesn’t. Only the black community can - if they would.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:12:20 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: elpadre
the .gov can encourage them by not subsidizing poor choices like they currently do.
To: SeekAndFind
When you woke up this morning and before you got out of bed you more than likely broke a state or federal law. By the time you got to work or the welfare office it is a certainty. It is the ultimate way for dictators to control their subjects. Make no mistake about this.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:19:48 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: fwdude
When I think back to my teen and early adult years and then compare them to now it seems like almost everything is now agains’t the law.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:26:56 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: SeekAndFind
Answer: don’t commit crimes. Problem solved.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:29:41 AM PDT
by
YourAdHere
(I just took a big Obama.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:32:05 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: YourAdHere
Yeah, that'll work.
See, because there aren't a thousand laws you don't even know about that you, yourself, break regularly.
Y'see.
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posted on
04/09/2015 8:32:46 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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