CM> These such laws are no less than a way to tax the people for a
> other wise freedom to move about . What is eather moral or immoral
> about not having to buy a tag for your car or driving without a D/L
I basically operate under the premise that laws that are not immoral
should be obeyed; so one *would* have to have a way of determing whether
a law was immoral before deciding to disobey it. If everybody does
anything they want, there is no system of laws; there is only chaos and
anarchy. And a system based on chaos and anarchy eventually results in
a severe restriction of individual freedom. I guess, to me, an immoral
law is one that does injury to others, and is not simply an
inconvenience. It may be inconvenient for me to obey a posted speed
limit, but it is normally not harmful to me, and it may be harmful to
others, if I disobey the limit. So I normally drive within the speed
limit. But if I needed to rush someone to the hospital, I would have no
qualms whatsoever about breaking the speed limit. Having a tag on a car
does serve the purpose of identifying who a car belongs to; and at least
some of the money collected from registration of vehicles is used in
road repair work, at least in New Jersey; and at least some is used to
pay for the state police, again at least in New Jersey. Identifying a
car can be a very useful thing. When my parked car was totalled by a
driver who them promptly left the scene of the accident, the fact that
the crossing guard copied down his license number enabled me to collect
payment from his insurance company. License plates exist, at least in
theory, to identify, and deal with, folks who are involved in criminal
situations. And they exist, in part, to cover the costs of maintaining
files on them; of covering road repair works; of paying for the state
police; and for supporting the beaurecracy that keeps tabs of all the
licenses.
> So are we now criminals
> if we reject the system ? Freedom is not just a word for nothing
> left to loose .... unless you religate all your individual powers
> to the govement .
Yes, you are a criminal if you disobey a law. It may still be right to
disobey the law. There are laws I might choose to disobey in order to
do what seems a more honorable thing than obeying the law would allow me
to do. I am not advocating that *every* law on the book be obeyed. But
if you are going to disobey a law, because you consider the law to be
wrong, you need to accept the fact that you are committing a criminal
act, and be willing and ready to pay the price of that criminal act.
I know people who went to jail in the early years of the home schooling
movement, because they were firmly convinced that home schooling their
children was the right thing to do, despite the laws. They knew they
were committing a criminal act in their choice to homeschool; and they
did it anyway; because they believed it was the right thing to do.
Also, there are times when an act is a "crime" in one set of laws; but
not in another; and you must choose which set of laws you are willing to
obey. I know people who have spent time in jail because they
participated in "fish-ins". These "fish-ins" were illegal according to
local statutes; but they were legal according to treaty agreements.
Treaty agreements are supposed to have precedence over local ordinances.
So they were criminals, so far as the local law went; but were not
criminals so far as international law went.
CM> Some say they are already building camps in the west to hold people
> who see the light of reality . I can not believe you as a reasoning
> person equate travel with crime .
I do not equate travel with crime. But if travel ever becomes against
the law, then it *would* be a crime to travel. That doesn't mean,
however, that I would stop traveling. I might decide, instead, to
become a criminal. It would depend on how I viewed the situation at the
time.
As for those camps, rumor has it they are already in place.
Sondra
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