Re: Somewhat OT: Trust that laws will be applied as desired.

On Mar 28, 2:35 pm, gpsman <gps...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 28, 2:12 pm, N8N <njna...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mar 28, 1:35 pm, gpsman <gps...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don't you know laws are enforced by "people", and people make
mistakes, and some people, sometimes, abuse their authority?

I think instead of "sometimes" you meant "usually, unless there's some
serious oversight and accountability."  This is why laws need to be
written very specifically to address the actual problem at hand and to
not give sweeping powers without oversight.

We could be talking about traffic law, or we could be talking about
the Patriot Act, could apply to either one equally well.

Heh, except traffic laws have oversight, by courts.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*ahem*

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

oh, you were serious.

This is why people don't take you seriously.

And you can't really expect the SC to find portions of the PA
unconstitutional, because desperate people often find desperate
measures necessary and reasonable.

I thought it was the administration that was desperate, not the
SCOTUS. I imagine that if a serious legal challenge is mounted to it,
certain provisions will indeed be found unconstitutional should they
get up to the SCOTUS level.

The world tilts, to and fro.  Even if the jackass morons never do a
day in prison for war crimes, this is still the greatest and most free
country on earth.

Everything has a way of working itself out.  You may not live to see
it, but it will.

If in the meantime you find conditions in the US unacceptable, work to
fix them, or find a country more to your liking.  Bitching and whining
like a victim may make you feel better, but as a solution it isn't
very effective.

Ah, yes, the old "love it or leave it" "argument."

Perhaps I love my country enough to point out where things are flawed,
unlike those that have nothing to offer but "patriotic" rhetoric.

nate

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