what do you mean 'the people'Macbeth wrote:
The OP was a joke, meant to highlight the long essay the man wrote and the absurd behavior of the people mentioned without a direct "look at laugh" type OP. Very disappointted gentlemen.
Poll
Do you think it is okay to break the law if it will benefit you.
| Yes | 34% | 34% - 18 | ||||
| No | 44% | 44% - 23 | ||||
| Get dat green | 21% | 21% - 11 | ||||
| Total: 52 | ||||||
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yes as long as you dont get caught and no one sees u or knows that u broke the law
Haha, nice!Zombie_Affair wrote:
Sorry, your post reminded me of this.
When I was in the scouts we did archery, clay pigeon shooting (shotguns) etc more than once...nobody saw it as 'irresponsible', and that's in the UK, where gun laws are obviously way tighter than in the US.
I just realised how tame my examples were, but you get the point...as Poseidon mentioned, a large number of us probably do break silly little laws every day.
I guess the most common one would be torrenting music etc, but having done plenty of that in the past, I'm starting to see it's not cool to keep it up.
The police will simply arrest you for this.TheDonkey wrote:
tbh, I'd call 911, tell em where I am and my Plate numbers, and tell the cops to LAY THE FUCK OFF I'm goin to the damn hospital.
Just because these things are very common place in our society, doesn't mean everyone will try them.ghettoperson wrote:
So you've never had a beer? Smoked weed? Jaywalked? Watched porn whilst under 18?
Pretty sure 99% of all statistics are made upPoseidon wrote:
pretty sure 95% of people break the law once a day, if not more
This again comes down to Ethics Vs. Morality. It was like 3AM in a country district so there was no traffic or pedestrians to worry about. It is never OK to break the law, that is what we are told. But sometimes, breaking the law my be justified in certain events, doesn't make it OK however.DesertFox- wrote:
I may be incorrect, but from the story it seems that her dad was already in the hospital on his deathbed and she was speeding to him, which as tragic as it may seem that she wouldn't be able to say goodbye to her dad, she had no right to break the law. It would have been different if she was driving her dad to the hospital in order to try to get him treatment, but not if she's going to visit him.
Since morals are relative to circumstance and perspective there can not be right and wrong at all.Zombie_Affair wrote:
The police will simply arrest you for this.TheDonkey wrote:
tbh, I'd call 911, tell em where I am and my Plate numbers, and tell the cops to LAY THE FUCK OFF I'm goin to the damn hospital.Just because these things are very common place in our society, doesn't mean everyone will try them.ghettoperson wrote:
So you've never had a beer? Smoked weed? Jaywalked? Watched porn whilst under 18?Pretty sure 99% of all statistics are made upPoseidon wrote:
pretty sure 95% of people break the law once a day, if not moreThis again comes down to Ethics Vs. Morality. It was like 3AM in a country district so there was no traffic or pedestrians to worry about. It is never OK to break the law, that is what we are told. But sometimes, breaking the law my be justified in certain events, doesn't make it OK however.DesertFox- wrote:
I may be incorrect, but from the story it seems that her dad was already in the hospital on his deathbed and she was speeding to him, which as tragic as it may seem that she wouldn't be able to say goodbye to her dad, she had no right to break the law. It would have been different if she was driving her dad to the hospital in order to try to get him treatment, but not if she's going to visit him.
Laws can be very Black and White, there are scenarios that are not considered when passing laws which don't come to light until they happen. Then revisions come in etc.Macbeth wrote:
Since morals are relative to circumstance and perspective there can not be right and wrong at all.
Ugh morals = | lawZombie_Affair wrote:
Laws can be very Black and White, there are scenarios that are not considered when passing laws which don't come to light until they happen. Then revisions come in etc.Macbeth wrote:
Since morals are relative to circumstance and perspective there can not be right and wrong at all.
If you want a debate about morals make it in DST, otherwise close this stupid fucking thread.
Last edited by Macbeth (2009-07-21 22:17:33)
No. Almost undoubtedly breaking any law should benefit you in some way otherwise you wouldn't do it. So this is the most stupid question ever.
Maybe 'Is it ok to break the law if it benefits others' is a more appropriate question.
Maybe 'Is it ok to break the law if it benefits others' is a more appropriate question.