Puffer Fish wrote:But that's not really right or fair at all, is it?
It is right and fair. eg. Growing drugs is illegal, as is possession. if you are in possession of illegal drugs you will get penalized, as well as making them. Do you understand? If you break two different laws, pertaining to the same thing, it does not mean that they ignore one of them.
Puffer Fish wrote:Couldn't it be argued that the real danger comes from these laws being enforced?
No. You can't possibly have a reasonable argument for such a statement, either.
Puffer Fish wrote:After all, who's to say the law making an example out of someone is any more right than someone making an example out of the law?
At that point I think our society has just devolved into terrorism.
No. Society has made laws and if you flaunt them, then you will be punished more severely. People who deny guilt when they are absolutely in the wrong, will serve more time than a person who admits guilt for their actions(takes accountability and shows remorse). Also, if there are laws against making AND possessing firearms, you will be punished for them all, not just one.
Puffer Fish wrote:Or to state it in other words, the law has lost its position as the moral high ground. People obey not because it is right but because they are afraid.
That's a ridiculous thing to say. People are a PART of society. Most people see value in the laws, even if they might not agree with every one of them.
Most laws are RIGHT according to what society deems is right, and moral. If that keeps a few who are afraid of society(outliers) in line, then so be it. You cannot please everyone, no matter how hard you try. You are evidence of this.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson