"The fact people rarely do what is right." I'll disagree. I would say that the majority of the time, people do what is right. You only hear about or notice the people who are doing wrong.
You never pay attention to people who park where they are supposed to, but you sure as hell notice someone parked in front of a hydrant or is blocking a handicap access ramp. Or, to borrow from another thread I saw on this recently. Someone broke into a car and stole some change. The damage to the car far exceeded the amount of change. Absolutely terrible. However, how many people have gone by that car during its existence and not smashed the window? Finally, one more example. It would seem that child abductions are much more rampant now in the US than they were in the past. Statistically, this is not true. For many decades, the number of cases has stayed the same relative to the population. However, the cases are publicized immediately across the nation now. They are no longer local events. You just notice them more than all of the children who have not been abducted. Nobody does what is right all of the time. There is a need for some authority. How to administer that authority could be another thread with thousands of posts. It should start at home. Alas, it doesn't in so many cases. The deterioration of parenting is destroying many countries. "Hence the need for a larger body to monitor and enforce rules that the majority feel is necessary" An inherent problem with this comes from rules the majority don't feel are necessary. The people implementing those rules do not listen. Or they create unnecessary rules that are designed to benefit favored special interest groups. Look at DC now. Cap and trade would absolutely destroy our floundering economy and the whole premise is a sham. On the issue of majority, the founding fathers of the US abhorred the idea of majority rule. That is why the country was founded as a republic. "By your logic there should also be no need for regular police, or the courts, or the military and so on." It wasn't logic. It was an opinion. One I am sure many people agree with in theory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312147 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
