Re: [Epic] Dropping this discussion

From: Greg Lane <greg_at_...>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 10:44:34 -0500

Dirk Vormann wrote:

> > > Murder is illegal. Therefore murder is wrong. Simple!
> > > Selling heroin is illegal. Therefore selling heroin is wrong. Simple!
> > > GW own the copyright to SM/TL. Copying copyrighted stuff is illegal.
> > > Therefore , etc, etc. Simple!
> > >
> > > Doing anything illegal is wrong!
> > >
> > > Jimi :)
> >
> > Err, things are illegal because they are wrong, not the other way
> > around.
>
> I'm not convinced that holds true to ALL illegal things.
>
> DV
>
> Post office does not deliver mail without postage. And sometimes, even
> with.

Agreed!

SOME things are WRONG

SOME things are ILLEGAL

And while there is generally perceived to be a strong correlation between
the two categories, there really is no "a priori" relationship.

Politicians and bureaucrats would like us all to believe that there is a
perfect identity relationship between these two categories and any failure
in the match up is only due to the populace's failure to allow them to make
the "wrong thing" illegal. They could not have possibly made "illegal"
something which is not "wrong".
Received on Tue Sep 08 1998 - 15:44:34 UTC