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The premise of this argument is ridiculous. By this logic any law, of any kind, that prohibits potentially profitable activity is the source of the lawbreaking.
by CPLX 7y ago
The premise of this argument is ridiculous. By this logic any law, of any kind, that prohibits potentially profitable activity is the source of the lawbreaking.
Is the reason people dump trash on vacant lots because we regulate landfills?
- roenxi 7y agoIn the extreme it is ridiculous, but in small doses it is actually not so unreasonable. The government is not an effective force at stopping people doing things that most of everyone thinks should be done. Government prohibitions work best when there is a small & unpopular minority which is being bought into line. Contrast an alcohol prohibition with laws prohibiting murder. One of those is popularly supported and generally effective. The other is a good example of the law creating a wrongdoing out of nothing.
- Kaiyou 7y agoWhat's so ridiculous, if it wasn't against the law it wouldn't be lawbreaking, thus the source of lawbreaking is an existing law. The critical question is whether the law makes sense.