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Originally Posted by willravel
The protection is via deterrence. While some legal punishments don't deter, most do. I know I can safely drive at over 120 mph on the highway without actually putting anyone in danger, but I don't because I don't want to pay a hefty ticket. Deterrence. That same deterrence works for people who want to go 120 mph but who don't have the skill and would be putting people in danger.
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does it 'deter' everybody? if not, then the law doesn't work for protection, it only works for punishing those who violate it.
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Originally Posted by willravel
They recruit from and are associated with the National Alliance, the most active and largest Neo-Nazi organization in the US, and the Council of Conservative Citizens, which is a Neo-Confederate organization (which denounces homosexuality and condemns racial integration).
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Seriously? I'm all for citing sources, but this is like asking for documentation that Fred Phelps is a fundamentalist. Even in the context of natural law, a "reasonable person" could ascertain this from a cursory glance.
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i get it, so because YOU say it is so, without sources, everyone else must be UNreasonable. I don't get it.
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