<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jwalkabout:
Life isn't fair.
People who cause harm are not neccessarily doing it with the intent to harm.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the State!
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Life isn't fair? That justifies doing whatever you want, regarless of how it impacts others? Sorry, I don't believe in that.
Intent? Drunk drivers probably don't intend to kill children, does that make their crime OK?
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state? How about, the less responsible the citizens, the more numerous the laws?
If we all made an effort to not be jerks, not break the rules, not take things from others that we're not entitled to (1) there'd be less laws and (2) we'd all probably be happier.
Do you not steal money from a bank because you're not entitled to it, or because you're afraid of being caught? From your posts, I'd expect that the latter is true for you.
Would (or do) you teach your children that it is OK to take things they're not entitled to? Let's say their teacher tells the children if they get an 'A' on the next exam, they'll get a cookie, as an incentive for the children to study harder. If your kid gets a C, would you tell him or her it's OK to take one of the cookies reserved for the students who got an A, even though one of the students who earned the A and the cookie wouldn't get a cookie, as he was supposed to?
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