ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 19 Aug 2008 8:34:48 pm Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> The purpose of a legal system is to provide utility for the people >> among whom it operates. That is the only goal that deserves >> respect. If the sheet of paper specifies actions that on balance harm >> people then it deserves to be crumpled up and tossed out. > > OK. If you say so..
Do you believe otherwise? Is the function of government to impose arbitrary rule, or to serve the needs of the people living in the governed territory? If it is to rule, then why should anyone, other than someone interested in the raw and arbitrary exercise of power for their own benefit, want it? Perry
