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a person turns into a sociopathic scofflaw as soon as he gets behind the wheel Boo this man! That is an ideological position, and I could easily apply the
by throwaway888888 12y ago
a person turns into a sociopathic scofflaw as soon as he
gets behind the wheel
Boo this man!
That is an ideological position, and I could easily apply the same blanket label of absolute sociopathy to law enforcement, and I'd be just as wrong.
But there's a difference between a mechanized, automatic law enforcement system and a law enforcment system that is implemented as a practice performed by living human beings. The human version is prone to imperfections and corruption, yes. But mechanized, automated law enforcement really COULD express a perfect ideology and attempt to enforce it perfectly, with an unforgiving brutality, which could not otherwise be accomplished with the complicity of human beings. Please understand that difference.
If you think placing a human being behind the machinery of an automobile is automatically bad, think about what it might mean to place a human being behind the machinery of a fully automated law enforcement system, with that same lens of blanket sociopathy.
- Karunamon 12y agoSociopathic? Maybe not, but scofflaw? Most definitely. Drivers have a really hard time with really basic things. Speed limits, red lights, turn signals, proper lane etiquette, and other common courtesies. Every single one of those things has a law attached. People either forget or think that the law doesn't apply to them.
- scotty79 12y agoI'm a scofflaw every time when I approach the computer and/or (not) read terms and conditions or license.
- Karunamon 12y agoAs are most of us.. however there is no point at which ignoring the average EULA will endanger a life. People who speed, hang out in the left lane, run red lights, don't signal their turns and lane changes, and so on are a danger to themselves and others.