billy
New Member
Posts: 5
|
utopia
Mar 10, 2006 0:01:35 GMT -5
Post by billy on Mar 10, 2006 0:01:35 GMT -5
so the way i understand it, when a law is passed, the people who passed it know that it will be broken. in fact, if people weren't going to do it, there wouldn't need to be a law. The purpose laws are supposed to serve is to regulate the way people act, i.e., because i could be sent to prison i won't do drugs; because I'll have to pay a fine, i won't drive without headlights. But as we've already stated, when a law is passed we know that it will be broken. So we have these laws that are supposed to make everyone's life better and easier, but that will only work, life will only be better and easier for people if everyone acts better than they've ever acted before! As I understand it, that is the definition of utopian.
|
|
|
|
utopia
Apr 5, 2006 8:44:42 GMT -5
Post by chuckabrick on Apr 5, 2006 8:44:42 GMT -5
ummmmm.......yup
|
|
AcRo
New Member
AcRo is da Bomb
Posts: 28
|
utopia
May 6, 2006 18:45:11 GMT -5
Post by AcRo on May 6, 2006 18:45:11 GMT -5
Interesting... never thought about that before!!
|
|
|
|
utopia
Feb 26, 2007 3:41:57 GMT -5
Post by bandito on Feb 26, 2007 3:41:57 GMT -5
Thats the understanding I contrive from My Ishmael, which I suppose you have read before  I really like the comparison he makes to our current system of laws and justice and the old tribal customs of... I dunno how to put it... "damage control" I guess. |
|
Jesse of the Justice league
Guest
|
utopia
Jul 17, 2007 1:47:55 GMT -5
Post by Jesse of the Justice league on Jul 17, 2007 1:47:55 GMT -5
 so, have you considered the fact that some laws are for good reason i.e the safety of the public at large? Now, don't get me wrong, most laws are TOTAL and COMPLETE bullshit. However, some, i feel, are in place for the safety of the individual like the one that says I can't eat babies. you know? and little minor things too. I know that in this discussion someone mentioned that "because I'll have to pay a fine, I won't drive without headlights." now, suppose you say, "FUCK THE MAN!" and go for a midnight cruise, now suppose at the same time some toddler is all, "fuckk mommY." and decides that he's gonna ride his trike wherever the fuck he pleases. Suppose again that your paths intertwine. you can imagine the rest. so I ask, are you driving with headlights because some rich beurocratic deauschbag [spelling?] wants to collect your money and abuse a system of control, or, are you driving with headlights because a dead toddler who only wanted to ride his trike no matter what, is an honest tragedy. again I hate the system and I hate the control taken from me, but I think that there is good done on occasion. THE POINT: Consider all the angles please. Bull-headedness as a result of a poor vantage point is and will be the destruction of the intelligent mind. LOVE
|
|
|
|
utopia
Dec 29, 2007 1:26:45 GMT -5
Post by molihe on Dec 29, 2007 1:26:45 GMT -5
|
|
I really like the comparison he makes to our current system of laws and justice and the old tribal customs of... I dunno how to put it... "damage control" I guess. 
so, have you considered the fact that some laws are for good reason i.e the safety of the public at large?