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They're just the tool available. The unreasonable codes exist so that they can be selectively enforced on 'undesirable' neighbors.
by zardo 4y ago
They're just the tool available. The unreasonable codes exist so that they can be selectively enforced on 'undesirable' neighbors.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoUnless you are saying the codes are fine as is, it seems like we are saying the same thing.
- Arainach 4y agoIt's not the same thing. Any well-intentioned law - and plenty that are not well-intentioned - will be leveraged in this way. Speed limits on roads and safety rules about cars having working lights should absolutely exist, but they are disproportionately enforced against minorities and other "undesirables" as a way of power enforcement. The problem is the system and the racism that is systemic.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoIf the law is a good one, we should celebrate it being applied to minorities and work to apply it to everyone else. If the law sucks, we should work to repeal it for all. That way it can't be selectively enforced in a capricious way.
- Arainach 4y agoSociety relies upon discretion and selective enforcement. Mandatory minimum sentences are a travesty that has destroyed countless lives. It's impossible to write laws to cover every scenario, so we rely on proper enforcement and sentencing.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoIf you dont like the stats quo, it seems like improving the laws to prevent abuse is a lot more plausible than trying to reform how 350 million think, feel, and act.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoI don't think the laws are unreasonable but rather capable of being interpreted more broadly than the lawmakers intended. The laws sound like they were intended for more serious issues.