Aphorism on Legal Matters
Law February 2nd, 2008“If it is a good idea, people should freely do it: why mandate it? If it is a bad idea, people should freely shun it: why ban it?”
I imagine the first objection would be “why have any laws at all?” – answer: if people do “bad” things that need banning, they were not free to avoid doing “bad”, so my statement does not apply.
Or another answer is: yes! all laws are redundant! A light touch is best.
Anti Citizen One
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
In the words of Ammon Hennacy, Roman Catholic and Christian Anarchist:
“Oh, judge, your damn laws: the good people don’t need them and the bad people don’t follow them, so what good are they?”
and best of all:
“The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of secession. A Christian anarchist is therefore one who turns the other cheek, overturns the tables of the moneychangers, and does not need a cop to tell him how to behave. A Christian anarchist does not depend upon bullets or ballots to achieve his ideal; he achieves that ideal daily by the One-Man Revolution with which he faces a decadent, confused, and dying world.”