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To: Time4Atlas2Shrug
"Are you sure it wasn't 10 or 20 times? ;)"

LOLs

If a drunk-driver killed your spouse would you want the cops to stay out of it then, or would you prefer to find the perp yourself and pop 'em?

I think I see what your problem is... You expect the 100,000 or so laws that are on the books today to get revenge for you.

My opinion is that we would do well to reduce the number of commandments to 10, and society would be better off.

Someone who accidentally kills your spouse because he is stupid or tired or sleepy or a poor driver, or, yes, drunk... does not deserve to be "popped", as you put it... I think you are a closet liberal.
69 posted on 10/31/2005 10:33:17 PM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: babygene

Just for the sake of argument - if we reduce the number of commandments to ten, who then would enforce them, God only? That, my friend, is called anarchy.

You see, your problem is that you do not recognize that those 100,000 laws on the books are there, not for personal revenge, but to enforce, presumably for the protection of society. Now one could easily argue against the necessity of many of the laws that exist, but that is a different issue.

And you, my dear, are the one exibiting unfortunate liberal leanings. Perhaps you joined the chorus demoaning the "pigs" in your college years. Remember, conservatives usually support the concept of law and order.

Yet again, you did not respond directly to a comment I posited: Would you expect law enforcement to investigate a crime of which you or your family was a victim, or would you conduct it on your own, vigilante-style, hunting down the perp and popping him/her? No silly arguments are allowed, such as accusing me of using laws for revenge - that does not answer the question.


70 posted on 11/01/2005 11:03:57 PM PST by Time4Atlas2Shrug (Use them bootstraps, cowboy.)
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