[clue-talk] abolish abortion in america

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:23:21 -0600
David L. Willson wrote:

>  - What are laws for?

Laws provide a (we hope) fair framework for the subsequent prosecution of
criminals, and establish guidance for things such as restitution and
punishment. They're the alternative to having people decide for each case
what the sentence should be.

Expecting more is a fool's errand. Though there is no doubt some degree
of preventive affect, the same can be said for random "justice" meted out
by tribunals, despots, et. al.

I suppose in some cases they do provide behavioral guidance for people
too stupid to realize that some thing are wrong. But that gets back to
the whole argument of what is "wrong".

jed