Comments on: In a Nutshell http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2008/04/26/4/ Laughter and Libertarianism from the Heartland Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: admin http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2008/04/26/4/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:29:33 +0000 http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/?p=4#comment-5 There are two groups of laws that are necessary, though. The first codifies behavior most of us would use even without laws -- prohibitions against killing or stealing for instance. We need those laws so that when the bad guys steal or kill we can grab them by the scruff of the neck, point at the law books, and say, "See? It says right here you can't do that," and haul them away. The other group of laws we need was pointed out to me very recently. It concerns behavior that's really pretty arbitrary, but on which we all do need to agree -- things like which side of the road to drive on and what color light means "stop" and which means "go." There are two groups of laws that are necessary, though. The first codifies behavior most of us would use even without laws — prohibitions against killing or stealing for instance. We need those laws so that when the bad guys steal or kill we can grab them by the scruff of the neck, point at the law books, and say, “See? It says right here you can’t do that,” and haul them away.

The other group of laws we need was pointed out to me very recently. It concerns behavior that’s really pretty arbitrary, but on which we all do need to agree — things like which side of the road to drive on and what color light means “stop” and which means “go.”

]]> By: VoxVeritas http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2008/04/26/4/comment-page-1/#comment-4 VoxVeritas Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:34:14 +0000 http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/?p=4#comment-4 It remids me of a saying I heard once but cant recall who said it. "For the most case laws are useless. Good men don't need them and bad men won't obey them." It remids me of a saying I heard once but cant recall who said it. “For the most case laws are useless. Good men don’t need them and bad men won’t obey them.”

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