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Originally posted by Demoncreeper
reply to post by Jwest06
1) You were born into slavery by your parents and grandparents who fought for your right to be born in a nation that was better from whatever they had to endure. Don't like it? Move somewhere else. It is your freedom to choose wherever you want to live.
2) Breaking traffic laws that are written based on safety issues, may not have a victim every time. The laws are an attempt to eliminate victims altogether. You may not see going through a red light as serious. Until you smash and kill a pedestrian, T-bone a driver EXPECTING you to stop at your red light. Or, speeding...get a blow out doing more than the speedlimit, ok...control your car from not jumping the curb, crossing the center line and creating victims. If you think you are a victim to rules now...Tell that to someone who lost a loved one, to a speeder, a red light runner, basic traffic violation turned ugly. You aren't a victim. You are an armchair complainer.
Originally posted by Jwest06
Originally posted by Demoncreeper
reply to post by Jwest06
1) You were born into slavery by your parents and grandparents who fought for your right to be born in a nation that was better from whatever they had to endure. Don't like it? Move somewhere else. It is your freedom to choose wherever you want to live.
Good, you admit that I was born into slavery. The problem with your idea of moving somewhere else for freedom is that freedom does not exist on this planet. It is a concept far lost on human beings. So, what am I to do? I'll take my own freedom wherever I happen to be because that's my right as an individual.
2) Breaking traffic laws that are written based on safety issues, may not have a victim every time. The laws are an attempt to eliminate victims altogether. You may not see going through a red light as serious. Until you smash and kill a pedestrian, T-bone a driver EXPECTING you to stop at your red light. Or, speeding...get a blow out doing more than the speedlimit, ok...control your car from not jumping the curb, crossing the center line and creating victims. If you think you are a victim to rules now...Tell that to someone who lost a loved one, to a speeder, a red light runner, basic traffic violation turned ugly. You aren't a victim. You are an armchair complainer.
And you missed the point altogether. My last message clearly implied if I harmed someone or their property, I was responsible. That is a crime but regardless I would do my part to help the individual I harmed with or without the law system. This does not account for 90% of the other time where nothing happened. I still wouldn't be happy about going to a corrupt court to try and help someone I would have helped anyway.
Originally posted by Demoncreeper
Originally posted by Jwest06
Originally posted by Demoncreeper
reply to post by Jwest06
1) You were born into slavery by your parents and grandparents who fought for your right to be born in a nation that was better from whatever they had to endure. Don't like it? Move somewhere else. It is your freedom to choose wherever you want to live.
Good, you admit that I was born into slavery. The problem with your idea of moving somewhere else for freedom is that freedom does not exist on this planet. It is a concept far lost on human beings. So, what am I to do? I'll take my own freedom wherever I happen to be because that's my right as an individual.
2) Breaking traffic laws that are written based on safety issues, may not have a victim every time. The laws are an attempt to eliminate victims altogether. You may not see going through a red light as serious. Until you smash and kill a pedestrian, T-bone a driver EXPECTING you to stop at your red light. Or, speeding...get a blow out doing more than the speedlimit, ok...control your car from not jumping the curb, crossing the center line and creating victims. If you think you are a victim to rules now...Tell that to someone who lost a loved one, to a speeder, a red light runner, basic traffic violation turned ugly. You aren't a victim. You are an armchair complainer.
And you missed the point altogether. My last message clearly implied if I harmed someone or their property, I was responsible. That is a crime but regardless I would do my part to help the individual I harmed with or without the law system. This does not account for 90% of the other time where nothing happened. I still wouldn't be happy about going to a corrupt court to try and help someone I would have helped anyway.
I didn't miss the point. You are basing what you believe to be the way all humans should believe. If that were the case, you'd be 100% right.
But it isn't even close to how people work. Period.
You are right, slave.
The only freedom you'd have is outside any populace. Alone. Inject people, and then rules get made, enforcers of the rules need to get paid...nobody works for free.
So I guess I don't have the answer that you would accept. But I think you don't either.. I just work with what I got. It isn't a loathsome existence. In fact I'm pretty satisfied. I'll probably die that way. In either case, what is the point? You think my or your projected existence of 80 ish years means anything to anyone outside of the people who know us? No. Not to any NWO, or government, there are 7 billion people crammed on this place. Nothing we do, will change the outcome. NOTHING. We still die. The end.
Originally posted by Jwest06
Also not the point. People should stand up for their rights and if they choose not to then that's not my problem. I'm not out to make a difference, just out to be free.
Originally posted by Jwest06
If I get pulled over for breaking a traffic law:
1). What contract did I sign consenting to said rules that were made for me? Where exactly did I give away my rights as a human being? Being a slave to a system I didn't sign up for contradicts my constitutional right to liberty.
2). I'd like to know who the victim of the alleged crime was besides myself. If there is no victim and I've harmed neither a person nor a person's property, the best of luck explaining to me who exactly I'm defending myself against. I don't take kindly to tax collectors on a power trip.
Truth be told, if I wasn't insistent upon sticking around and watching this world end, I would have played the self-defence game a long time ago. If someone is threatening you at gunpoint to enslave you to the Prison Industrial Complex, that's a valid reason to defend your self. However, the second I try that it becomes "assault". If I had got to play the game of life over again, a pocket of suicide pills is preferrable to a gun. If you pull out a gun while being chased, your life depends on how quick your draw is. If some Nazi thinks he wants to fist fight while screaming at you then you have way better odds.
Aside from what I view as a fallacy, requiring this vision of yours to rely on the kindness of human spirit, there is another flaw.
So assuming this system is in place, and private security abounds, who now has authority to prosecute criminals? Who makes laws, prosecutes criminals, and imposes sentencing? Who ensures these proceedings and actions are carried out with due process of law? Don't tell me another series of companies...
and back on the security issue. would this path not benefit only the wealthy. indeed it would. for power would be in possession of the highest bidder.
wealth is greed, do not forget that.
Originally posted by Azp420
reply to post by commdogg
Aside from what I view as a fallacy, requiring this vision of yours to rely on the kindness of human spirit, there is another flaw.
Nearly every, if not all, western nations are made up of people who vote for governments who provide welfare though taxation. If most people think it is a good thing to hand over a portion of their income to the less fortunate I don't believe we should have to threaten everyone with violence to achieve it. It's immoral. It turns the act of charity into an act of resentment instead of pleasure.
So assuming this system is in place, and private security abounds, who now has authority to prosecute criminals? Who makes laws, prosecutes criminals, and imposes sentencing? Who ensures these proceedings and actions are carried out with due process of law? Don't tell me another series of companies...
Laws don't prevent crimes, I see no need for them. Punishments do not rehabilitate criminals, they do the opposite. The main reason we punish criminals is for revenge. In my opinion the thirst for revenge is a fairly primitive emotion and not of much use in modern society. One day the truth about the universe and the power of love will be common. (I'm not saying I wouldn't feel rage if someone close to me was murdered.)
I know that way of thinking is too far out there for most to be comfortable with so I would also be happy with an elected council run on donations who propose laws (and corresponding typical punishments if you must) which are voted on. The only laws allowed to be created are those banning crimes which have a victim, as those are the only true crimes.
reply to post by LegalTender
and back on the security issue. would this path not benefit only the wealthy. indeed it would. for power would be in possession of the highest bidder.
I'm not entirely sure I know what you mean by this. Do you think some rich tyrant will employ a large security force to patrol the streets of the city where he lives so that he can make up his own silly laws and have his employees attempt to enforce his rules on the general public? I really can't see it happening, it would be impossible to achieve and a ridiculously expensive waste of money.
wealth is greed, do not forget that.
There is nothing wrong with either. You typed that from a computer with an internet connection. Relative to the entire population of earth, you're pretty wealthy.
Without greed or wanting more we would still be sitting in caves with stone tools.
edit on 18-1-2011 by Azp420 because: (no reason given)