housemonkey ([info]house_monkey) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 19:05:00
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Prepare for an oblivion for which there is no preparation
This article about a petition to overturn the misleadingly named "anti-smacking" law has been getting a lot of feedback today, much of it along the lines of "This law doesn't work so we should get rid of it." Which got me thinking about how many other laws aren't working either. I mean, people still speed, use drugs, murder and generally lie, cheat and steal so the basic answer is all of them. All laws are being broken, often quite regularly, therefore no laws work, so we should get rid of all of them. Just imagine, crime figures would plummet overnight!




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[info]hatter_anon
2008-04-29 01:45 pm UTC (link)
When I was young ...

I think my mother broke at least three wooden spoons on my sisters. I've blocked out any corporal punishment administered to myself.

I live in South Australia so we're already able to grow marijuana plants and while I'm not sure what the gun laws are I know enough farmers to know how that law is being enforced ... What else are you planning to de-criminalise? Obviously the crime figures are the most important of all.

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[info]house_monkey
2008-04-30 03:28 am UTC (link)
I don't think we're planning to de-criminalise anything, the comments are from people feigning concern for "bad law" being passed out of a desire to smack their kids. In my experience these are generally the same people who think we should have more laws, not less, in order to deal with people they don't like.

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[info]anarchangel23
2008-04-29 03:28 pm UTC (link)
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in...

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[info]repton_infinity
2008-04-29 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Clearly, the solution is to
  1. Sell everything — hospitals, roads, schools, the lot.
  2. Abolish all laws, disband the police.
  3. Give everyone guns.
A libertarian utopia will surely result!

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[info]house_monkey
2008-04-30 02:43 am UTC (link)
GIVE everyone guns, what kind of commie pinko talk is that? Obviously you mean sell.

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[info]cha0sslave
2008-05-01 08:14 am UTC (link)
The other laws you mentioned don't take away our own right to discipline children. Most of the little bastards need a good smack. Appropriate physical punishment is a very good deterant and as long as it's used in moderation has no real lasting effect.

One guy got a criminal fucking record for smacking his kid in public. The real issue is letting people have kids in the first place. You should have to prove competence, complete a course, get a license and show financial fitness before even conceiving.

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