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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (21522)	7/21/2005 2:13:56 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

In this part of Kanata blowing past a stop sign will cost you four rating points, failure to wear a seat belt three and a speeding ticket one. At fifteen rating points you will be invited to attend a three hour lecture on why driving is a privilege not a right and if you fail to show up your licence is revoked until you make plans to attend. An additional point on your record will mean you get an automatic one month revocation of your licence which you can appeal to the Highway Traffic Board who may give you a one month restricted licence if they feel you are sincere about past transgressions. Rating points stay on your licence for two years. In August 75% of my rating points drop off thanks to this: valentine1.com and Oeconomicus wonders why I quote this so often... "Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." AYN RAND