We dont need to feel safe. We need to be safe. And we know what is not safe. Picking up a fight is not safe. Driving rash is unsafe. Drinking and driving is unsafe. Not stopping at red light is unsafe. Laws cannot stop you from doing any of these things and hence laws dont keep you safe. You are safe only if you are responsible enough, that too relatively. Laws are our excuses for not knowing what to do with things that affect coexistence and harmony and hence we force implement things with often dire consequences. For example, when we dont know how to stop cars from crashing into people when drivers are drunk, we make laws against it. But does that stop people from drinking and driving? No. It only punishes the one who does. This is not quality control. Its merely quality audit that can pass or reject goods. It cannot make better goods. The whole system of reward and punishment stems from religions and culminates into law.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:42:27 +0000
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