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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (16415)	3/28/2000 8:23:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

nihil is just being his whimsical self again. But it does seem that if a grab bag of laws are created willy nilly, we all become lawbreakers at one time or another. Then the state can practice their arbitrary enforcement at will. The most corrupting law I can think of was the 55 mph speed limit. Even our dear grandmothers who never would have dreamt of breaking the law became scofflaws overnight. Respect for the law has eroded ever since.

To: DMaA who wrote (16415)	3/28/2000 9:07:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 769667

No, I just thought you would be interested and might improve your performance in the future. I make it a point never the break the law when it costs me nothing to obey it. It's called "risk management." When I break a law I usually try to calculate the risks and measure the benefit so its worth taking a chance. I really hate getting dinged when I don't know what I've done wrong, like when Windows or Netscape crashes because my program has committed an "illegal action." I feel guilty, but damned if I know why.