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Re: Law (was: Art) Debate (Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:35:23 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
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> "Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
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> > I hope whoever is responsible for that, in that company, gets tried for
> > breaking the law. Breaking the law is never a excessive liberty, the
> > exception being the Clinton administration, of course.
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> > Scott S.
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> Two things:
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> First, I think that there is a miscommunication here. You are saying
> that companies have little power compared to the government if they
> don't break the laws. Others are saying that by breaking the laws,
> companies have the power to do stuff like steal and murder. You're both
> right, but the problem is that companies to break the law, and thus have
> the power to hurt people. But so what? And in any case, the US
> government has a much larger budget than any corporation, so just from a
> 'bottom line' point of view they have more power. Period. And they
> have a serious record of mis-using it.
Ugh. Yes, if corporations break the law, they do hurt people. They
should be prosecuted. The government prosecutes corporations, right? I
agree with you that the US government has a tremendous amount of power
because of money, etc. The government does have a horrible record of
misusing it.
> Second, and just to pick a nit, it sounds like you're saying that laws
> are always right when you say "breaking the law is never a excessive
> liberty."
Someone said the excessive liberty line. It sounded like they were
talking about corporations see it as excessive liberty, rather than
breaking the law.
> Is that what you mean? Who is breaking the law when I own
> firearms against the laws of my state but not against the 2nd ammendment
> to the US constitution?
No, I think all gun control laws are unconstitutional, and I don't see a
problem with that. I think most police agencies don't really care
either, as long as you don't go out and commit crimes with it. Different
situations, as I see.
Scott S.
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