pigpot wrote:wserra wrote:pigpot wrote:Isn't ownership ownership? If a word isn't the same as what it was then what is it? I mean ownership is absolutely specific, isn't it?
No.
It's the old problem of shoehorning a complex world into a simple mind.
Sorry "Wes" I thought I was being logical. The world's not complex at all. It's only complicated even further by "Statutory" instruments. If it were based upon no loss, no harm, no injury and no fraud (potentially no loss / monetarily) then it would be much easier for the "Courts" to make decisions... but it's not... CURRENTLY for those in the position of SLAVE.
A case could be this, "Mr XYZ" did you or did you not park on yellow road marking."
"Yes I did Dave", (not "Your Honour", as Dave is commonly known as Dave and not anyone's "Honour" / slave, masters title) the "Court" "Official" (taking NO offense at being called LOGICALLY by his or her name) then states that no-one has been caused harm, loss, or injury and no-one has been ill-affected by fraud and the "State" as it doesn't exist has not been affected at all.
Thus there is NO CASE TO ANSWER.
CASE DISMISSED. However we don't live in this world. If you lived upon the planet "Mars" you would be free from this crap but you don't. So shut up pay your taxes and be happy with what you've got. Okay?
The whole problem with your "no loss, no harm, no injury" philosophy is that it only works when no one is injured. The one time when the guy does "park on the yellow road marking" and another driver hits him, the idiot who parked there probably doesn't have the means to pay for the damage to the other driver's car, or the doctor's bills, or the lost salary, etc., hence the need to have laws (and penalties) to ensure people do the right thing (like have insurance).
Many traffic laws exist to discourage drivers from doing things that are likely to cause accidents. Things like speeding, making lane changes without signalling, distracted/drunk driving, driving a vehicle that hasn't been maintained, etc., all significantly increase the likelihood of an accident. Isn't it better to prevent an accident than to wait until one happens before taking corrective action?
Without those traffic laws (and fines/penalties), a drunk driver who hasn't hit anybody yet hasn't injured anyone, so according to your logic hasn't done anything wrong, and should be left to continue on his way. This drunk driver is a danger on the road and likely to kill someone. When the inevitable happens and someone is killed, where is the justice for the dead guy????
Or what about someone driving 150km/hr through a subdivision? Its only a matter of time before he hits someone...shouldn't he be prevented from doing that? Once he kills a child, isn't it too late? How do you get him to speeding recklessly through the subdivision if there isn't a penalty for doing it?
That is why the rest of society
WANTS to have these laws and their associated penalties. This isn't hard to understand, but so many FMOTL completely miss it.