To: CharlieDarwin
Laws are arbitrary rules. They do not dispense justice. He broke the law. Fining him is unjust.
83 posted on
01/03/2002 12:12:28 AM PST by
Bogey78O
To: Bogey78O
Laws are arbitrary rules. They do not dispense justice. He broke the law. Fining him is unjust.
Laws do not "dispense" anything. A fine is lawful; justice is an abstraction, like goodness. We live by laws, not by abstractions. Laws are indeed "arbitrary" rules, determined by elected representatives after discussion, in which abstractions like justice play a role.
It is arbitrariness in the enforcement of laws which may be unjust. I think that these detection methods are GREAT. Hope they put one at every intersection and catch every drunk and/or stupid driver.
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