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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: j_b who wrote (4679)	9/11/1998 10:44:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 13994

ok I'm finally getting back to you re The society itself will determine what behavior is acceptable, not the government. It is true that to a large extent, laws are simply suggestions. For instance, in some metropolitan areas such as for example Atlanta, Phoenix, etc., the cars on expressways avg up to 70 when it's a 55 zone. The police are few relative to the speeding mass of cars, and it's not possible to personally stop every speeding car. However, the government doesn't simply decide for example, to raise the speed limit in areas where it's not safe to do so, simple because the avg driver has a lead foot. It's called the rule of law, and our nation's civil foundation rests on the rule of law. Anything else would lead to chaos. Oh I know what you were getting at, when you say, "What they [politicians] are NOT free to do, is to insist that everyone follow those beliefs" Wrong! Politicians have freedom of speech, too. They can indeed "insist" on anything they please. They can "insist" that everyone wear orange shirts on a certain day, but doesn't mean the public has to wear orange shirts. I personally am very glad to hear how when it comes right down to saying yeah or nay, it's nearly unanimous: It's not nice to cheat and lie.