The Best Laws

Off Topic Politics and World Issues
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This is the place to glorify the laws that most enrich your life. These can be local, state, or federal laws.

I’ll start with:
1.(federal) Raw milk can’t be sold across state lines.
2.(Virginia state)18.2-344. Fornication.

Any person, not being married, who voluntarily shall have
sexual intercourse with any other person, shall be guilty
of fornication, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor.
3. A local law requiring bars with more than 10% of their floor space(and an arbitrary number of patrons) available for dancing to hire off-duty police officers to man the door.

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How bout just a song about them:

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MA… No booze sold on Sundays…

And we house the Kennedy’s

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:
MA… No booze sold on Sundays…

And we house the Kennedy’s [/quote]

You just know they have their own still.

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[quote]UtahLama wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
MA… No booze sold on Sundays…

And we house the Kennedy’s [/quote]

You just know they have their own still.[/quote]

I’m not sure about the still, but they do have a long and proud bootlegging tradition.

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[quote]jjackkrash wrote:

[quote]UtahLama wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
MA… No booze sold on Sundays…

And we house the Kennedy’s [/quote]

You just know they have their own still.[/quote]

I’m not sure about the still, but they do have a long and proud bootlegging tradition.
[/quote]

Quite a few “old money” families did quite well during that time period…good investments no doubt.

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Obviously it’s the first amendment. How else would I get to read over and over again how oppressive America is?

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If only there was a single example in all of history of nationalism going bad. A movement calling itself the national socialist ___________ would fit the bill well-too bad there’re no examples of something like that.

They say that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Ha! Stupid sayings.

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Anarchy is for fools and 12 year olds. Economic ties do not reliably prevent conflict. Case in point WWI.

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[quote]Bismark wrote:
Anarchy is for fools and 12 year olds. Economic ties do not reliably prevent conflict. Case in point WWI.[/quote]

I’m with you, Brohan. Statism has reliably proven itself to be the only thing that can prevent conflict. Case in point: War of Northern Aggression, WWI, WWII, etc.

(Did you happen to post this in the wrong thread? I don’t believe there has been any mention of anarchy, or even libertarianism, in this thread. Regardless, I would appreciate information on what reliably prevents conflict between humans.)

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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Obviously it’s the first amendment. How else would I get to read over and over again how oppressive America is? [/quote]

I see what you did there.

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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Obviously it’s the first amendment. How else would I get to read over and over again how oppressive America is? [/quote]
jajajajaja

I will one up ya in the simplest way - the Bill of Rights. How else could I truly grasp how oppressive America has become?

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Thou salt not kill and thou salt not steal

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You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:1-2

In my opinion, perjury laws are the best theoretical law in existence.
I am also partial to Common law codification statutes, such as the Sale of Goods Act 1896.

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[quote]Legalsteel wrote:
You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:1-2

In my opinion, perjury laws are the best theoretical law in existence.
I am also partial to Common law codification statutes, such as the Sale of Goods Act 1896. [/quote]

I agree with your whole post(truly agree…not “agree” in the same manner that I posted my “best laws” in my first post).

“You shall not fall in with the many to do evil…”-Seems like it could be slightly reworded to say, “If you do not have a right to do it, supporting the majority in doing it is wrong.”

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Not a best law, but a funny one : in Switzerland, you are not allowed to douche yourself or flush the toilet after 10 PM.

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http://downeastwildliferehabilitationcenter.com/thedam.htm

We should all thank God for providing us with such fine servants.

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[quote]NickViar wrote:

[quote]Legalsteel wrote:
You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:1-2

In my opinion, perjury laws are the best theoretical law in existence.
I am also partial to Common law codification statutes, such as the Sale of Goods Act 1896. [/quote]

I agree with your whole post(truly agree…not “agree” in the same manner that I posted my “best laws” in my first post).

“You shall not fall in with the many to do evil…”-Seems like it could be slightly reworded to say, “If you do not have a right to do it, supporting the majority in doing it is wrong.”[/quote]

Thanks. However, I prefer it phrased in the negative as it allows you to use your conscience as to when you side with the majority. Perhaps a more modern legal re-wording would be:

When it is unconscionable to act or believe in a specific way by yourself, the mere fact of widespread acceptability will not render it conscionable.

Hmm, here’s a thought, the commandment operates as an early right of freedom of association. That’s pretty ahead of its time.