alt.energy.homepower

no spam wrote:
>>>>>>> You are correct that it is a waste of time, because you will lose the
>>>>>>> argument.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Government" WILL kill to maintain compliance. PERIOD.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It does not matter what law we are talking about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL...Now we know you are off the rails. End of discussion
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> You know that he is correct. Why do we need laws? Its because there
>>>>> are some out there who are not moral therefore there must be some kind
>>>>> of punishment for doing 'bad' things. It is the fear of this
>>>>> punishment which keeps many people from doing these 'bad' things. If
>>>>> you doubt this look at what happens when this fear is removed. Looting
>>>>> after a disaster is a perfect example.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is none who is so blind as those who will not see.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> What have I been saying all along? " Laws are made for stupid people".
>>>> Even stupid people know laws have
>>>> consequences, but the punishment is made to fit the severity of the
>>>> crime. Nobody is going to shoot you for
>>>> not wearing a seatbelt, or not curbing your dog.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not directly and not yet. History shows that the more power a government
>>> gets the more it wants. There's a national news story about a guy facing
>>> jail time because he failed to get the proper permits to "build a fence,
>>> a retaining wall, a patio and a few concrete columns to decorate his
>>> driveway"
>>>
>>> /news/articles/
>>>
>>> Who would have thought that could have happened 15 years ago?
>>>
>>> Again I as you to look around you and see how far things have gone in the
>>> last 10 years.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Didn't you read the hole story? He refused to get permits and was given
>> six months to do so, plus upon inspecting
>> his property they found "found eight other violations, including a lack of
>> permits for plumbing and grading".
>> If he had got a building permit for all of his work nothing would have
>> happened to him.
>>
>
> Which is part of my point about government, its need to control and its use
> of force
>
>
>

It needs to control stupid people from endangering the rest of us.