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The law has never been, isn't and maybe never will be "perfect" and EXCLUSIVELY based on "empathy".


Hi, this is what I have observed and noticed on the internet and in other sources.

As necessary and right it is for the law to exist and for it to exist in the way it does, it seems like or indeed it was that in the past, present and future (although optimistically speaking, I hope it is not always the case) the law alone isn't completely based on empathy, it isn't perfect and it doesn't always operate in the ways it should and for the reasons it should.

And what's more - even with some very obvious flaws and harmful examples, not even everyone complains and is unhappy about it. Some don't even give it a SECOND THOUGHT, as painful as it may be.

Sometimes I wonder, if the laws around the world were run by people like you and me, people with intelligence, compassion, morality, understanding of what is right and wrong, empathy for victims and correct despising of the perpetrators and whose deeds were never solely based on money and personal gain etc, would the world really be a different place? Also, do law makers and law workers EVER empathically AND empathetically speak and wonder like that, or are they all aware deep down inside to their core of their very soul that law is just ROUTINE BUSINESS and not some magical wishful thinking with colours and rainbows exclusively designed to make the world a better place, and have mental and other approaches to be and do so.

Yes, even SOME laws are and WERE downright immoral and offensive. How can say being someone of a different sexual orientation or religious beliefs be a crime let alone one punishable by taking one's life AND YET do THOSE law makers care?

Also, even in some downright intimate crimes, horrible as they ARE in and of itselves, if laws WERE better organized, at least the many aspects of FRUSTRATIONS that we have in the world today in people would be far lessened, and we can then perhaps debate more easily about "what is more important, one's honour or one's life" without throwing any hissing fits.

And please feel free to tell us that us having anuses and even people having sexual intercourse a certain way is NOT any kind of perversion, something "unnatural" or wrong or worthy of some or other distaste out there and NOT have laws that even make certain consensual acts in some parts of the world "wrong" - for main and basic reasons also YES BUT ALSO to avoid "indirect" effects as such.

Maybe even organize prisons in a more politically correct way. And if certain rights violating deeds still happen, act on it straight away and do something to rectify at least the problems as such in future. As ones would or at least SHOULD on the OUTSIDE too. However common some or other problems ARE.

Anyways, food for thought, thanks.

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You ARE the definition of « General Discussion. »

I won’t read all this or comment on it though.

Good day

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Balderdash. Law is no different from physics, chemistry, or geometry. There is a provable correct answer to every problem.

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"provable correct answer to every problem"

with different answers based on people being different. which negates only one correct answer.

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I was being facetious.

So many people believe this judge is correct and that judge is incorrect. Never mind that higher judges judging lower judges is how the law has worked for millenia.

I have no problem with someone saying "I want what this judge is selling and I don't want what that judge is selling." Don't tell me one is smart and the other is stupid.

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hahahaha I understand. sometimes hard to tell in online discussions. :) There is probably people that think there is only ONE true answer to everything.

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LOTTA variety in law thought going on there. I think I feel most of what you are saying.

I've never been a fan of the law system, with all it's fails, yet... i can't think of any better way to manage that kind of thing.
I see it all as the only real way for society to self-rebalance itself.
Sort of "this is how MOST people want to handle things, if you don't like it, you must abide, or leave"

For example, let's say MOST people in your community feel murdering others and taking their stuff is the best way to live. If MOST people believe that and DO that actively, it is the norm for your society. Law dictates, murdering and stealing is right, and NOT doing it goes against the grain of society, and maybe you are fined, or deemed worthless for not doing that, and executed. OR, you can leave that society, and start your own.

Obviously, that example is only to make a point, as our current society is the exact opposite. Yet, some people do seem to think murder steal is the ONLY best way to exist and do it. We need to way to protect ourselves from that, so, collectively, we created Laws and enforcers.

Do all laws match my PERSONAL perspective on everything? IE other countries positions etc? Of course not, because we are all different.
We try to rebalance ourselves, and make the wheel work as best it can. But we are all different, even if people seem to think we can all be the same (never gonna happen) so, LAWS are there to balance out what we can for our contained society, yet may differ from our neighbors.

Even while it is looking like a steaming pile sometimes, it's still the best system we have, or it would have evolved away by now.

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TL;DR

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Remember when Austin Powers 3 completely made fun of the Bond franchise by making Dr Evil the brother of Austin? And then, years later, the Bond franchise did the exact same thing?

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Dr Evil is also the brother of James Bond?

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I see what you mean, even SOME laws are and WERE downright immoral and offensive. How can say being someone of a different sexual orientation or religious beliefs be a crime let alone one punishable by taking one's life AND YET do THOSE law makers care?

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I don’t care.

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I cut and paste that directly from OP. I was attempting to parody his penchant for replying to someone's post as though they had actually engaged in the topic, ignoring what they actually said. I couldn't mimic it to my satisfaction. I had to borrow from the source. I mean, look at those random caps!

The source is too real; too much to lampoon without simply adding to the pile. Truth is I barely even know what he is on about. Rarely do.

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I was in turn attempting to add my own brand of humour.

I tried and failed to understand the OP’s question.

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But somebody please answer! Is Dr.Evil also the brother of James Bond???

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I'm glad you agree. On a side note are we doing things etc for our own gratification, personal or non-personal greed, OFF, hunger, certain things I won't say and some similar things like for instance you know what.

Is this? Cheers.

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Please stop, lol.

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The play set is in another language. We're having fun anyhow.

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But which language?

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