Deep Thought

Filed in National by on May 12, 2009

Breaking the law is ok if it means protecting people from lawbreakers

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  1. Don’t get me started.

    Breaking the law is o.k. if you really, sincerely think you’re doing the right thing and if you’re an elected official. Especially if you get other people to do it for you.

  2. JimD says:

    Next time I get pulled over for speeding I’m going to tell the officer I was just doing it to protect the people in my car from those who were going even faster. That’ll work, right?

  3. A Delaware Taxpayer says:

    That is obviously true if it is the least damaging way to do so. A Police Officer breaks the speed limit to catch a speeder. A person knocks an intruder upside the head to prevent his child from being threatened. The necessity defense is an important doctrine of common law and part of our tradition. Of course sometimes you have to break a lesser law to preserve the lives of people. The law should never be an excuse for preserving and ignoring the very heart of the law.

  4. liberalgeek says:

    Yeah, lesser laws like the Geneva convention.

    Actually, I also believe that a police car chase is sanctioned by law, so that doesn’t work.

  5. anonone says:

    I am going to explain to the officer that I was practicing an “enhanced velocity technique” and that “we should really be looking ahead and not backward.”

    I will then show him a letter that I keep in my glove box from a lawyer explaining that “enhanced velocity techniques” are legal under current traffic laws.

  6. If Civilian A blows up a building with known terrorist, does Civilian A get charged with arson, murder, and terrorism charges?

    I would think so.