Posted on 02/11/2021 8:12:34 PM PST by L.A.Justice
The activities you describe as annoying and worthy of arrest may all be curbed with an awareness of, and practice of, The Golden Rule. The Golden Rule does not operate by force of legislation or threat of prosecution. A general respect for others may or may not be difficult to maintain. It has been, and is, a stressful phenomenon to see law after law drafted to inculcate what is otherwise common sense behavior. I reckon this is summarized as well by the words, “You cannot legislate morality.” As you said, in the past it was no problem whatsoever to drink and drive, but the caveat applied: Get obnoxious or reckless and you will meet force of law.
Drink responsibly.
Drive responsibly.
Drink and drive responsibly? Hell no!
Why is that? Because we have introduced jurisprudence to address potential wrongdoing rather than actual wrongdoing. I am old enough to know how stupid and multifarious are the laws we’ve adopted through the ages.
Thank you for the cordial and thought-provoking replies.
Amazing how shallow the “soundbite age” press is- it never covers these historical connections to present day political figures.
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