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Re:Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Th... by bawolff on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:52AM (#25830457)
That seems circular to me. Surely most people follow the laws that seem reasonable to them. If everyone agreed on what was reasonable behaviour, we wouldn't need laws.
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Re:Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Th... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:55AM (#25830474)
Basically everybody knows that murder is wrong but some people still do it.
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Re:Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Th... by bawolff on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:11AM (#25830547)
People do try and argue its justified in specific circumstances. Sometimes people have an over-active imagination for what constitutes self-defense.

Hell, trump pardoned someone convicted of murder (which is disgusting, but i guess he thought it was reasonable).

But my main point is there was never a time or society where the only crime was murder.

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