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Originally Posted by guyy
Hmm, and slavery was the law of the land in many places. Always right? How about Jim Crow? Feudalism?
From the other side, there are laws in areas where people are generally self-policing. I don't think it's laws that keep traffic flowing. (Would you start driving on the left on alternate Tuesdays if there were no law against it?) Or, what keeps you from killing your kids? That it's illegal? Really?
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OK, I don't drive on the left because first I'll cause an accident or something, because it's illegal never crossed my mind. Just like I wouldn't drive with a permit while the licensed co-driver is wasted, it's perfectly legal, the law only calls for one to have a co-driver, common sense dictates he/she be lucid.
You heard of the phrase, being at the right time doing the right thing at the right place? Well, the law was changed after slavery, never heard of Jim Crow but I bet his LAW's were changed. Slavery served a terrible purpose, a bad and inhuman means to an end, but now we know better, don't enslave!!
The bible's old testament says an eye for an eye, but in the new testament it says be forgiving, (I'm agnostic by the way) things change because we are a learning species, we have to obey the law, It's always right. It serves a purpose for the now, it also supplements growth. I am against some laws, but the law says, we can change these laws, huh, well what do you know, I believe that society is not a programming meant to control, but to supplement longevity of life, hence my deep faith in the >SYSTEM<!!!!!!!!