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Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order...

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On 02/06/2017 07:57 PM, Don Y wrote:
> On 2/6/2017 5:54 PM, bitrex wrote:
>> On 02/06/2017 07:49 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:37:16 -0800 (PST), "nuny@bid.nes"
>>> <Alien8752@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 3:29:41 PM UTC-8, Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>>> OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order...
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://tinyurl.com/htf4sk6>
>>>>>
>>>>> (I only set off smoke bombs when I was in middle school, 1952-1955;
>>>>> principal confiscated my supply, returned them to me at the end of the
>>>>> day, and told me never to do it again, or else.  Nice guy... named
>>>>> William Boyd... we called him Hopalong ;-)
>>>>
>>>>  My favorite bit is at the end of his opinion:
>>>>
>>>>  "Often enough the law can be “a ass — a idiot,” Charles Dickens,
>>>> Oliver
>>>> Twist 520 (Dodd, Mead & Co. 1941) (1838) — and there is little we
>>>> judges can
>>>> do about it, for it is (or should be) emphatically our job to apply,
>>>> not
>>>> rewrite, the law enacted by the people’s representatives."
>>>>
>>>>  That's probably enough to enrage the extreme Lefties right there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Mark L. Fergerson
>>>
>>> Indeed >:-}
>>
>> Who's the bigger idiot? The idiotic law or the idiot who follows it?
>
> If you don't like the law, work to have it changed.
>
> But, selectively following laws because you think them "inappropriate"
> lies the way of anarchy.
>
> Should I have to come to a complete stop when I approach a 4-way stop
> at 3AM and there are no cars in evidence for a mile or more in ALL
> DIRECTIONS?
>
> Ans:  Yes.

I don't think anyone is in favor of eliminating traffic laws - IMO 
they're not at all enforced stringently in the US anyway (except when 
there's money to be made.)

Also they're another regressive tax on the poor. What does someone who 
makes 100k a year care about getting a $50 parking ticket or a $100 
speeding fine? There are seriously residents of Boston who simply accept 
$10,000 worth of parking tickets a year as a "cost of doing business" 
cuz it's cheaper than renting a parking space in a tony area of the Back 
Bay over the same timeframe.

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OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 16:29 -0700
  Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-02-06 15:35 -0800
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 17:00 -0700
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... pcdhobbs@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 17:16 -0800
  Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2017-02-06 18:48 -0500
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... M Philbrook <jamie_ka1lpa@charter.net> - 2017-02-06 18:57 -0500
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 17:02 -0700
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-02-07 06:36 -0800
      Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-07 12:36 -0500
        Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-02-07 10:36 -0800
  Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 18:49 -0500
    Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-06 17:15 -0700
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 19:24 -0500
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 19:35 -0500
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 17:47 -0700
        Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-06 17:54 -0700
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 20:16 -0500
  Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 16:37 -0800
    Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 19:44 -0500
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 17:49 -0700
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 19:54 -0500
        Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-06 17:57 -0700
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 20:02 -0500
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-06 18:55 -0700
            Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-02-07 13:13 +1100
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 21:20 -0500
            Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 21:31 -0500
            Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-02-07 06:45 +0000
              Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-07 13:20 -0500
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-02-07 06:32 +0000
    Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 19:58 -0500
    Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-06 17:01 -0800
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 20:06 -0500
        Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-02-06 20:11 -0500
  Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-06 17:42 -0800
  Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2017-02-07 10:03 -0500
    Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-07 11:10 -0800
      Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-02-07 12:40 -0800
        Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-07 14:51 -0700
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2017-02-08 00:25 -0500
            Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-02-08 12:19 -0500
              Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-08 12:38 -0500
                Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-02-08 14:47 -0800
              Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2017-02-08 17:43 -0500
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-08 21:25 +0000
            Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-08 14:37 -0700
              Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-08 23:24 +0000
                Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... pcdhobbs@gmail.com - 2017-02-08 15:30 -0800
                Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-02-08 16:57 -0700
                Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-02-10 17:06 +0000
                Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2017-02-10 23:49 +0100
        Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-02-07 19:18 -0800
          Re: OT: Wow! Reason returns to law and order... krw@notreal.com - 2017-02-07 22:26 -0500
  Re: OT:  Wow!  Reason returns to law and order... djlocher56@gmail.com - 2017-02-11 07:13 -0800

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