Comment on I really want people to learn that laws don't exist in nature
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Humans are natural creatures. Humans created laws.
Bees are natural creatures. Bees create honey.
If honey is considered natural, then so too muddy laws.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Ah one of those “technically everything man-made is also natural” people. You’ve completely missed the point. The point is the law doesn’t exist independently of people enforcing it. It isn’t some natural force that will enforce itself. It only exists if people enforce it
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
But laws DO continue to exist even when not enforced. Just look at some of the crazy old state laws that say things like “it is illegal to eat ice cream on a Tuesday while wearing jeans”. No one enforces those, yet the laws are still clearly on the books. Trying to claim they don’t exist is just absurd.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
But they’re existence is meaningless without enforcement. You’re actually proving my point. Are people going to jail for eating ice cream on Tuesday wearing jeans? Then it’s exactly the same as if the law didn’t exist. It means nothing in practice until some stupid cops and prosecutors decide to enforce it
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If concede that the law is ineffective, but it most certainly exists.
You can’t choose to not enforce something that doesn’t exist.