Originally Posted by
Zapata
In which fantasy world do you live? Yeah, you're generally correct about FAR's. However;
People speed and crash, laws or not. Drunk drivers don't care about laws. Sure, an argument can be made that speed limits and DUI laws prevent an everyday Joe with generally good judgment from speeding and DUI. However, it certainly doesn't "ensure" anything.
As for crack/meth addicts, drug laws don't prevent anything.....zilch, zip, notta. An addict is an addict and their addiction takes priority. For recreational and medicinal users of other banned substances, the laws don't matter either. This is why drugs should be legalized, or at least decriminalized, but that's another thread.
Are you advocating anarchy??? Laws are in place to help prevent certain actions. The result of certain "undesirable actions" is jail/ imprisonment/ loss of privileges/ loss of licensing/ community service/ etc. People, generally, obey speed limit laws (within 20 mph). People, generally, don't drink and drive. People, generally, don't do illegal drugs. The way our system is set up, people don't perform these "undesirable actions", for fear of the negative consequences of performing them. If you feel there is a better way, that is you opinion. But, the American justice system is specifically set up to punish people for "undesirable actions", whether or not the punishment helps prevent the "undesirable action". I, personally, feel that the system is such that MOST people don't perform "undesirable actions", even though some, unfortunately, do.