[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: Eric Yost <Mr.Eric.Yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:46:20 -0400
Phil:Policing authorities, even guards at Gitmo, are found to have
exceeded their powers in acting abusively so it is silly to say that
whatever they do is what they had the power to do.
Eric: Let me try to illustrate the multiple-track empowerment notion.
Interstate drivers, even off-duty cops, are found to have exceeded their
powers [their legally allowed power) in driving at speeds faster than
the posted speed limit.
Traffic cops, all too aware of the double standard, set their radars at
75 mph(+) on 65mph roads. Drivers all know they are "legally" empowered
only to drive 65 mph, but they feel "practically" empowered to drive 5
or even 10 mph faster.
Introduce video cameras into the situation, and you are more likely to
find adherence to 65 mph, because even though 75 mph is the REAL law of
the interstate, transgression of the LEGAL law of the road is not
something one would want to documented.
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