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> Not everyone is perfect just how they are but everyone doesn't have to act the same way to be acceptable. This undermines the very concept of "law and order"
by wawhal 7y ago
> Not everyone is perfect just how they are but everyone doesn't have to act the same way to be acceptable.
This undermines the very concept of "law and order". There "must" be restrictions on behaviour if it is intrusive, offensive, inflamatory, indecent etc. I think it is okay to have an enforced "code of conduct" to prevent assholery.
- colechristensen 7y agoLaw and order is not equivalent to government enforced conformity.
- cousin_it 7y agoI mostly like law and order, but: 1) Laws are supposed to be precise. If there was a law against "stirring shit and troublemaking" as the OP suggests, it would be applied mostly against those who are out of favor. 2) Laws presume that the accused person is innocent and give them a say in defense. Good luck with that if you're accused of a code of conduct violation.
- treerock 7y agoSlight quibble. Laws can be broad and imprecise and some might argue, trivial. e.g. > To prove a breach of the peace, the most important things to prove are that someone was alarmed, annoyed or disturbed by the incident.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace [edit] These are probably bad laws, but are common enough.
- donatj 7y agoI generally find law and order assholes the most disruptive of assholes. Here we are getting work done and this asshole starts making a federal case out of someone wearing shorts on a Thursday?