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Assume you're correct in MOST cases, then a better thought out societal system could still deal effectively with those. But with many cases (Virginia Tech for one and a large percentage of vandalism for another), the commission would be prevented by having no direct route of speaking against...

I didn't suggest he was anything but a wack job. I'm saying that the law enabled him to transfer his aggression against the society at large, onto random people instead. This doesn't take any rational leap of genious because everyone know that a crime is against the state. Let me ask you...

Yes, the current system is flawed to hell, but... The information that I want to discuss comes after where you left off at but...

That is only too true! I wish I could figure out how to explain the concept better. It shouldn't be that difficult to understand. I suppose I'll continue to seem as a fruitcake until I find how to make it clear. Reading back on this thread, I think the problem with your missed comprehention...

ALL of them! The law is structured to make ALL crimes against the government and the law--so it factors into each and every crime committed. ...And you probably never will, because the grapes seem sour to your eyes. As far as I'm concerned, this discussion is over. I don't need to waste...

NO, what I've suggested is that particular motivation would be gone. there are some others that would also be gone or alieviated, so 'crime' rates would instantly drop somewhat. Where did you get this from--It doesn't relate to anything that i've said? "Laws" are the wrong TOOL for the job of...

Chapters One and Two are viewable at: http://www.shivasmessenger.com/excerpt1.html

Before my epiphany about what law is (and isn’t), I thought as you do. I do understand your point, but you don’t get mine. Instead of trying to comprehend—you’re accusing me of being ‘blinkered’ and ‘utterly blind’. The terminology of ‘rape’ and ‘murder’ is just semantics—BUT—ideas...

I think only an author can appreciate how HARD that is to do. I have some segments I think are brilliant (IMO)--but trying to keep that up over a full novel is exhausting. Then an editor complains of my using [ing] sentences (ie. Tying his shoelaces, he saw her shapely leg.) Too passive? I...

To clear things up, the novel is entitled 'Shiva's Messenger'. It's not about the Kennedy assassination. Set in today, the story follows the Dallas assassin's son on a task of making amends for what his father did--in an unusual way. I initially wrote it with dallas as the prolog, but a...

You look ahead and all you can see is a brick wall--the law. If you can open a crack in your preconceptions and look closer, you might see what I'm talking about. NO THEY WOULDN'T! "Murder" and "Rape" are legal definitions of a deed concidered "Against the LAW". Eliminating those LAWs...

My stock answer to this one is - "If authors could write proper English, editors would be unemployed." :D Since you found an error in the first three paragraphs, you can presume correctly that there are more. When I can afford better editing, or if I'm picked up by a better publisher, those...

You are obviously forgetting that all this is already (and increasingly)occurring under the static system you are staunchly defending. Police, laws and threat of punishment are NOT the primary deterrent to wrongdoing. The human good conscience prevents most, and it's probably the main reason...

Perhaps you should try to envision what I've said, instead of simply trying to poke holes in the manner that I said it, you might understand it better. I've not suggested a 'double' tax on business. I pointed out that a citizen's money already comes from that source--tax should come from...

Dan Brown was utterly spoiled for me when I read Deception Point first. I don't follow any hype, and I just grabbed that one from an airport spinner for killing a trans-Atlantic crossing--the seatback barfbag may have been a better read. The killer was an action sequence set on the ice shelf...

Sadly, I'm finding that is true only with subjects that are easy to talk about. I strongly hold my opinions and I haven't yet heard any intelligent dissenting discussion. Like it or not, people (other than just me) seriously question the current system's validity. I prefer not taking the...

I've noticed that you employ some very long sentences. A professional editor once told me that shorter ones have more punch: that seems to follow true. A reader tires of the long thread or worse, he has to peruse it again to catch the full drift. You've interrupted your own flow. The ...

Here are three paragraphs that start my first novel. Chapter One - Operation Shiva From an elevated vantage point behind a slated wooden fence, Jeff Thomas looked over the moderate-sized throng assembled to watch the motorcade pass. A few hands held small flags poised. Casual faces turned...

When you're working on a novel, a bland sentence like this becomes necessary to pass information, but in shorter works, you should make all your words shine. <<Metafore>>> EG. Slowly (how slowly? 'Like twilight descending in her mind---' or perhaps a quicker 'As shadows encroaching on a...

I can see why that is. If these are in some book then I'm pleased, but I gained my philosophies on my own thoughts--which is why I DO understand them. I sure wish I could find a forum where they can be inteligently discussed. Why is that important?