Big Think

Douglas Whitmore on February 24, 2008, 3:05 PM

total agreement. thank your for the conciseness and strength of your idea.

Douglas Whitmore on February 24, 2008, 8:05 PM

total agreement. thank your for the conciseness and strength of your idea.

James Nordhoff on March 2, 2008, 6:05 AM

I suppose it depends on who is making the laws and who is breaking them. A person who has a stressful working life and wishes to smoke a little grass after work in the privacy of his/her own home is harming no one, but breaking the law of the entire Federal government, if living in the U.S. of A.
A President who tells lie after lie, whose whole cabinet lies along with him, all for the guise of waging a just war on terror, is breaking the law, as well. The Iraq War is unjust and based on premeditated falsehoods by our current administration. But try and call the guilty out on any of these injustices and the entire Congress is stonewalled and no real justice is ever going to occur. Lies, lies, lies.
But the hard working grass smoker, if caught, will possibly lose his home, livelyhood and freedom, if convicted. And what of the family that depends on his income? The law doesn't care. A hypothetical scenario compared to a reality. Which side of the law is more frightening?
Or perhaps we could examine where the justice is in $100 plus barrels of oil and record profits for the Big Oil companies, when it is the consumer, who suffers by shouldering the entire burden of these costs and profits. But the wealthy have no worries. They can buy their way out of trouble and easily afford $4 per gallon gasoline for their Escalades and Hummers.

Justice and the Law. It is enforced on the powerless and decided by the powerful. End of discussion.

James Nordhoff on March 2, 2008, 11:05 AM

I suppose it depends on who is making the laws and who is breaking them. A person who has a stressful working life and wishes to smoke a little grass after work in the privacy of his/her own home is harming no one, but breaking the law of the entire Federal government, if living in the U.S. of A.
A President who tells lie after lie, whose whole cabinet lies along with him, all for the guise of waging a just war on terror, is breaking the law, as well. The Iraq War is unjust and based on premeditated falsehoods by our current administration. But try and call the guilty out on any of these injustices and the entire Congress is stonewalled and no real justice is ever going to occur. Lies, lies, lies.
But the hard working grass smoker, if caught, will possibly lose his home, livelyhood and freedom, if convicted. And what of the family that depends on his income? The law doesn’t care. A hypothetical scenario compared to a reality. Which side of the law is more frightening?
Or perhaps we could examine where the justice is in $100 plus barrels of oil and record profits for the Big Oil companies, when it is the consumer, who suffers by shouldering the entire burden of these costs and profits. But the wealthy have no worries. They can buy their way out of trouble and easily afford $4 per gallon gasoline for their Escalades and Hummers.

Justice and the Law. It is enforced on the powerless and decided by the powerful. End of discussion.

Jeremy Dowden on June 16, 2008, 6:32 PM

If I had been stupid enough to leave my dog in a car, it is my own fault. If someone breaks my window to save it, you better be prepared to pay for my window. People need to be taught lessons by their mistakes by living them. NOT BY SELF-RIGHTIOUS DILLYS. The right thing to do would be to run inside the store and let the store make an announcement to the driver. This is not your battle. Maybe it is becuase I am from the south and people are held responsible for their actions more.

Jeremy Dowden on June 16, 2008, 10:32 PM

If I had been stupid enough to leave my dog in a car, it is my own fault. If someone breaks my window to save it, you better be prepared to pay for my window. People need to be taught lessons by their mistakes by living them. NOT BY SELF-RIGHTIOUS DILLYS. The right thing to do would be to run inside the store and let the store make an announcement to the driver. This is not your battle. Maybe it is becuase I am from the south and people are held responsible for their actions more.