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it's deeper than that. when you enforce laws that the people routinely break and come to regard as trivial you undermine the legitimacy of your enforcement of
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
it's deeper than that. when you enforce laws that the people routinely break and come to regard as trivial you undermine the legitimacy of your enforcement of other laws. In essence you lose the ability to claim that laws are for the people's own good.
- Andys 18y agoThat makes sense, but surely trying to keep to an unenforceable law that clearly is being flouted (eg. pot) everywhere undermines the legal system even more.
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