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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
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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.
135 posted on 01/03/2002 2:30:04 PM PST by CharlieDarwin
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