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To: Tax-chick

You’re describing reckless driving. Driving faster than the mandated speed limit is not necessarily reckless. And there are a hell of a lot of laws that can be made that aren’t immoral, but that doesn’t make them any less stupid.

It’s all about creating guilt among the average law-abiding citizenry by passing enough laws where EVERYONE is a criminal in some way or another.

I refuse to believe that THAT is sin. God declares what sin is, not bureaucrats.


19 posted on 03/06/2010 5:06:06 AM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Future Snake Eater
Driving faster than the mandated speed limit is not necessarily reckless.

That is true. However, I don't think one needs to be "reckless," a rather strong word, to be "not sufficiently concerned with the harm I might do."

Driving is a matter of habits, and if people develop the habit of exceeding the speed limit, passing unsafely, or failing to stop at stop signs, they are a threat to others.

It comes down to whether a person chooses to think of herself first, or to consider others first, even at a cost to self. Driving the speed limit, as a rule, does no harm to the self, and it decreases the risk of harm to others.

20 posted on 03/06/2010 5:31:18 AM PST by Tax-chick (Aw, CUSSWORDS!!!)
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