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Originally Posted by Wolfehunter
Laws don't work. Its about controling the populace in a bogus order. It has nothing to do with right or wrong. Few rule and the rest follow.
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Well... I wouldn't say that.
Law does work, and more importantly, it is necessary, so whether it works or not is irrelevant.
The problem is that the law is too complex. No one understands it completely, not even lawyers. Therefore, people with the most knowledge of the law can use it for their own purposes,or in a foolish fashion, often at the expense of others. Hence the people's general hatred of lawyers and politicians.
What we really need is a simpler code of laws that can basically be understood by the everybody. We sort of have that anyway, the entire country isn't in jail. People (and the police) just ignore dumb laws and aren't even aware of the existence of many of them. And life goes on.
The danger of this is that some people with more knowledge of the law can pick and choose when to enforce these laws that no one cares about. We've all heard the TV commercials from law firms asking "Has this happened to you? Call us."
Sometimes these commercials are about legitimate legal violations but more often than not they are only there because some jacka$$ with a law degree read some book and found some long-forgotten case or obscure law that can be used to generate income for himself by getting people to sue someone or something.
So, back to the simple code of laws. Wouldn't it be nice if we had a document that laid out a basic set of laws and principles that were sound, and also limited the power of legislators to make it hard for them to introduce bad laws. Maybe this document would take some measures to ensure that it couldn't be changed unless a significant majority of the people approved the change.
We have a document like that right now, but what's left of it is currently being used for a doormat at the entrance of the capitol building in D.C. So we might need a new one if we can't retrieve or repair it.
I made myself mad again. I'll stop before this becomes a rant.
