Augie RayJan 9, 2023

Imagine if we relied on “personal responsibility” instead of the law to combat other public health issues like drunk driving. No rules--just “you do you”. If you're comfortable driving drunk and wish to take the risk, go ahead and do it--why worry yourself with harming anyone else?

Wait, that doesn't work? Then why do maskless conferences, flights, and events work at a time when we know #COVID19 risks are rising. Don't take personal responsibility; take public responsibility. #WearAMask

Show threadJurannJan 9, 2023
@augieray Laws are hardly effectual either, TBH. Despite laws, over 90% of murder cases go unsolved, millions of people drive drunk at least once a week, you can find illegal guns everywhere, and illicit drugs are easy to find and abuse in every town and city in the US. If you look at how effective "laws" are, you'd wonder why we even bother to make them. Oh, right, as a method of suppressing the poor, nevermind, silly me.
Show threadBroGleJan 10, 2023
@jurann @augieray some people are afraid of jails, some do the right thing - imagine 8 billion people running around the Earth lawless? We could look at Bible as a first law book, IMHO
Show threadJurannJan 10, 2023
@BroGle @augieray Bible as law is a pretty awful idea. Also, we know of many older books of law in the world including the Code of Hammurabi and the Ramayana. Old Testament bible (aka Jewish Tanach) in many ways is a copy of Hammurabi's Code with some added spices. There's some pretty ridiculous laws in those codes, we couldn't enjoy pork or shellfish for example.
Show threadBroGleJan 10, 2023
@augieray @jurann what I was trying to say is that - way before the first law was crafted/penned down/chiseled in the stone, it must have been the Bible or first Bible writings that were used as a law… I didn’t mean that it should be used as a law
Show threadJurann
@BroGle @augieray Ah, well, many laws started as religious laws, certainly. But religion and beliefs in paranormal go back into pre-history. People seeking answers with little knowledge filled in the gaps with make-believe. I'm just saying we don't do that today, we don't have to. There are very few gaps in our knowledge and understanding overall today as a modern society. Make-believe is a tired old tool used to placate masses we now use only for entertainment.
Jan 10, 2023 at 7:32pmWeb