A blast from the past: January 21, 2008:
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Zack Bass" <zak...@...> wrote: > > > Another example: > practicing medicine without a license > What religion is THAT? > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Valentine Michael Smith > <bkoehler8@> wrote: > > > > You are in fantasy land. > > All malum prohibitum > > is religion. You can > > fantasize about other > > reasons but when you > > impose your other reasons > > you have unlimited power . > > Traffic laws are a matter > > of ownership if I own the > > road I should be able to > > decide how it is used. > > > > > > Zack Bass wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:LibertarianEnterprise%40yahoogroups.com>, Valentine > Michael Smith > > > <bkoehler8@> wrote: > > > > > > > > What if I create a church that makes > > > > all drug use a sacrament? > > > > > > > > > > The Drug Law we have in the U.S. right now is NOT Religion enacted > > > into Law. Obviously you CAN invent a religion that makes, say, > > > reckless driving a Sin; but the Law we have has nothing to do with > > > Religion - Religion is NOT the reason the Law was Enacted. > > > > > > > > > > > Malum prohibitum is religious law. > > > > Any way you slice it. > > > > > > > > > > No, it is merely Enacted Law, that is, something that is considered > > > wrong ("Malum") BECAUSE it is against The Law. > > > > > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malum%20prohibitum > > > <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malum%20prohibitum> > > > "an offense prohibited by statute but not inherently evil or wrong" > > > (e.g. Drug Handling) > > > > > > > > > > > And murder is malum pro se. > > > > > > > > > > Weird. Google has TWO count 'em TWO hits on "malum pro se", and > > > 16,600 on "malum in se". As I wrote it. > > > > > > > > >
