Wed Sep 3 12:48:12 1997
- Message No. 1374
From: Jorn Ronnow
Subject: Re: SHIT!
At 13:34 97-09-02 +0200, Hans wrote:
>It is not about new or old and safe or unsafe cars. It is about exceeding
>the speed limit.
Precisely! That's what's wrong. It's, as you say, not about doing something
that's dangerous or not, it is about obeying or not. So it has nothing to
do with the safety of the citizens, only with their obedience to the
government.
Something is definitely wrong here: The punishment for something more
dangerous (speeding in an old wreck) is higher than for something less
dangerous (speeding in a car that can handle the speed). Dangers aside, the
disobedience is the same in both cases. Then, why should the punishment be
100 to 1000 times harder in some cases than in other cases?
>It has always been that people with a lot of money can afford to loose a
>couple of cars/bikes. But the law does not take that into account. The law
>judges everybody alike. At least it should.
Not if the car is confiscated. That's very unalike, depending on the car
you lose.
It's like catching two thieves and locking up one of them for 2 months and
the other one for 20 years! Most people would call NOT that being equal
before the law.
Keep sliding
-Jorn
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