[djf]

In fact it just about totally undermines our system of law.

The point being that you can be convicted of a crime ONLY if TWELVE OF YOUR PEERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREE that you did it and it WAS IN FACT A CRIME.

The government can’t have that. The government, in order to keep control, has to have the power to TELL YOU what constitutes a crime.

I mean if you don’t wear your seat belt or something, and one of the twelve thinks to himself “Well, there’s no victim, so there’s no crime”, then the gummint can’t very well rack up serious bucks for fines and harassing the citizenry, now can they?

[Still Thinking]

The government can’t have that. The government, in order to keep control, has to have the power to TELL YOU what constitutes a crime.

Yes, but we have the power to decide whether we believe their version or not, and any juror with an IQ over 80 should recognize that fact.