Do we have too many laws?

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

“ Originally Posted by StrangerInAStrangeLa
There are too many laws prohibiting & punishing consenting adults for things which directly affect no 1 else. ”

What if those things affect people and/or society indirectly?

Baron Max

There are too many laws prohibiting & punishing consenting adults for things which directly affect no 1 else.
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[Baron Max]

There are too many laws prohibiting & punishing consenting adults for things which directly affect no 1 else.

If someone just doesn't like something, then it "affects" them directly!

And if you mean that it doesn't harm them, then please define "harm".

You seem to be trying to say that people should mind their own fuckin' business, but then "society" IS their business ...they're part of it.

Baron Max

 

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

If someone just doesn't like something, then it "affects" them directly!

And if you mean that it doesn't harm them, then please define "harm".

You seem to be trying to say that people should mind their own fuckin' business, but then "society" IS their business ...they're part of it.

Baron Max

Then the word directly means nothing to you & the butterfly effect should be the basis for law & government. Which opens the door for chaos.
Either consenting adults are allowed to do what they will or not. If not, someday it will impact things you "know" YOU have the right to do no matter what anyone else says, thinks or does.
The fact is that what I do alone or with any consenting adult(s) is NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS. What you do is none of my business. This is essential to freedom.
We have quite enough to be concerned with when things do directly affect others. We don't even handle those well.
I'm not going to go round&round again "debating" definitions.
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[shorty_37]

I don't know if there are too many laws but I do think that some laws should be a lot stricter. I would like to see the penalty for some crimes be more harsh. I also think that they shouldn't be so lenient on YOUNG offenders.

 

[swarm]

Yep, and the Golden Rule does it in just one small sentence.

Of course by Baron rules all that doesn't matter as long as I can kick your ass, which I can so mind your tongue.

 

[swarm]

I also think that they shouldn't be so lenient on YOUNG offenders.

Because if some one screws up they should pay for the rest of their lives by being a burden on society.

 

[shorty_37]

No but it would send a message to the teenagers that they better think twice because they aren't going to get off easy because of the young offenders act. Maybe if the punishment was greater it would deter more punks.

 

[Captain Kremmen]

Yep, and the Golden Rule does it in just one small sentence.

Baron Max

No doubt.
If people always considered the needs of others to be as important as their own, there would be no need for any laws at all.

 

[swarm]

No but it would send a message to the teenagers that they better think twice because they aren't going to get off easy because of the young offenders act. Maybe if the punishment was greater it would deter more punks.

Ha! What a dreamer.