4th March 2007, 10:45 PM
*clap* and I'm out.
Suffice it to say my viewpoint is simple. Laws should only be there to prevent people from hurting each other, basically the big three are physical harm, stealing, and deception. In fact, I'd say deception has the potential to lead to both of the other two so it should probably actually be higher on the list. People who are lied to may think that certain harmful actions are good for people, like blowing up buildings.
Suffice it to say my viewpoint is simple. Laws should only be there to prevent people from hurting each other, basically the big three are physical harm, stealing, and deception. In fact, I'd say deception has the potential to lead to both of the other two so it should probably actually be higher on the list. People who are lied to may think that certain harmful actions are good for people, like blowing up buildings.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)