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Originally Posted by EventHorizon
within reason, to me, means something that a cop can let you off with a warning on. none of this "johnny citizen" or "homocidal maniac" duality
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Well, the cop can let you off for whatever s/he wants. They have a lot of discretion. In larger terms, this is exactly what happened when Obama decided he wanted to be "forward thinking" with respect to the possible crimes of the previous administration. He used his capacity for reason to come to the conclusion that crime or not, he wasn't going to do anything about any potential criminal acts.
We also use the reason card to completely toss out notions of the rule of law, justice and equality when it comes to dealing with various dictators around the world.