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To: Critter
Hogwash. Take any violation of any regulation, however minor, and refuse to submit to the punishment.

I see, so in your mind then all law enforcement of any kind is "DEADLY FORCE"?

Please... You get killed assaulting a police officer for resisting arrest, it wasn't the violation of the discrimination act that got you killed. You pay the consequences of your actions... you stupidly engage in an activity that does warrent the use of deadly force, you get what you deserve.

You don't get killed for failing to pay taxes, in fact few violations of the law are violations that carry "DEADLY FORCE" so your nonsense argument that any legal violation can be punished by deadly force shows either complete ignorance, or complete insanity. You are welcome to violate any rule you wish, just don't expect not to be held accountable for it. Or in other words, don't do the crime if you aren't willing to do the time.

What insane leaps of logic people make here.. unbelievable. Any law breaking is enforced by deadly force... what hogwash. You choose to break a law, you accept the consequences for your actions... of course that's a little too much personal responsibility for some "conservatives" around these parts I suppose.

113 posted on 03/11/2003 9:35:18 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay
I see, so in your mind then all law enforcement of any kind is "DEADLY FORCE"?

You are staring to catch on.

That is the reason why laws are ONLY supposed to protect rights. Laws against robbery, arson, rape, murder, assault are just laws because they protect individual rights by punishing the violation of such. A person who a) does not recognize the right of another individual to not have force intiated against them and then b) resists such punishments has no place in a free society, thus the use of deadly force as the ultimate "back up" for enforcing those laws is just.

Now, cotrast that with edicts, such as smoking bans, OSHA regulations, prohibitions of substances and the like. These laws do not protect against the violation of rights, they merely "enforce" a way of life that everyone has not agreed upon. It is not legitimate, or just, to pass such laws where the ultimate "back up" for resisting the punishment is the use of deadly force. A person pretty luch saying "I'll smoke in my house whetehr you like it or not" is not akin to a person saying "I'll take whatever property of yours I wish whether you like it or not". One shows the clear disregard for the rights of others while the other shows self-determination, an ideal not worthy of death.

119 posted on 03/11/2003 9:46:43 AM PST by FreeTally
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