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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

so we should legislate more opportunities to drop the ball?

See, you're doing it again, you are making the argument that unless a law is perfect, it serves no purpose. I think that argument is flawed.

OJ got away with murder, because the system failed in spectacular fashion. So because such laws are not fool-proof, we should do away with laws making it illegal to stab people to death?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

See, you're doing it again, you are making the argument that unless a law is perfect, it serves no purpose. I didn't say that...which law are you proposing? the one that didn't work because the ball was dropped or something else I think that argument is flawed.

OJ got away with murder, because the system failed in spectacular fashion. So because such laws are not fool-proof, we should do away with laws making it illegal to stab people to death?

by your logic we should make laws doing away with the type of knife OJ used because the system failed to prosecute

btw...it wasn't the law that was not fool proof....it was the jury that was fooled

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

by your logic we should make laws doing away with the type of knife OJ used because the system failed to prosecute

btw...it wasn't the law that was not fool proof....it was the jury that was fooled

Like many people on your side of this issue, you aren't listening to anything I'm saying, and you certainly aren't responding to what I am saying. I said that the tools of mass murder should probably not be publicly available. I'm not sure a knife qualifies.

I'm not an advocate for regulating knives. But you most certainly said that because laws aren't fool-proof and perfect, they aren't valuable laws to have.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

But you most certainly said that because laws aren't fool-proof and perfect, they aren't valuable laws to have.

I never said that...you like to state what someone else said and then argue against it...when they never said it...it's very odd

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

I never said that...you like to state what someone else said and then argue against it...when they never said it...it's very odd

You said this..."so we should legislate more opportunities to drop the ball?"

Please tell me what you meant by this? I am 100% confident that what you meant is, "laws aren't enforced perfectly, therefore future laws are unlikely to have a positive effect, and will only result in more government bungling, and nothing else".

If that's not what you meant, please tell me what you did mean.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I am 100% confident that what you meant is,

yes, you are great at divining what I meant...and what Jefferson and Madison "clearly" thought...any thoughts on Monroe or Adams?