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Toll tags in Texas (OT)Toll tags in Texas (OT)Posted Jun 13, 2008 17:58 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Toll tags in Texas (OT) by lysse Parent article: Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux (ZDNet)
the willingness of people to hide behind what the statute book says, rather than actually do their own thinking about whether it's just or not, has caused more evil in the world than any intentional act. Really? I'm not sure it even counts as "evil" if it wasn't the result of a person's intentional act. And I don't know what problem you're thinking of because the phrase "hide behind the statute" normally applies to a person who applies his own judgement, then finds a statute that backs up that judgement, and applies it. He hides behind the statute when he refuses to acquiesce to someone else's conflicting judgement, defend his judgement, etc. In speed limit terms, a cop sees a car go whizzing by at a speed he believes is antisocial, and also exceeds the posted limit. He tickets the driver and the driver argues that in this particular case there's nothing unsafe about that speed. Rather than debate him, the cop just points to the sign.
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Toll tags in Texas (OT) Posted Jun 14, 2008 13:18 UTC (Sat) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link] Does the phrase "I was only following orders" clarify my position at all?
Toll tags in Texas (OT) Posted Jun 14, 2008 17:07 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] Does the phrase "I was only following orders" clarify my position at all? Yes, it does. And we're all familiar with the arguments in favor of other people following orders. In the case of highway speed control, I'm much more comfortable having cops and judges following specific blanket orders from my legislator than using their own judgement.
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