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We agree... In a perfect world, yes, this system sounds okay... ... but in the world we live in, there must be laws. You say, they would not be able to change laws, because there would be no laws. Wouldn't that make those people that run everything untouchable? Although I have faith...

My "extremely unlikely" scenario is infact not that unlikely if instead of Canada you use the likes of Iran, Syria or some other country that is not doing so well with the US at the moment, as example location. With your reply though, we go back to my original problem with the system: the...

I've lost interest to this thread long since, but one thing did come to mind and I might aswell say it out loud. For sake of example, let's say the US would be a protective justice based system, where every man is free to even kill, if they so desire, while their northern neighbor, Canada...

I'm all for sharing power. In my opinion there should not be any presidents or any single person with the power to make decisions on certain things all by himself. But what you've described above might just aswell work in our current system of democracy and prohibitive law. Instead of 500...

I understand the basic concept, just don't agree with it. It's not all bad, but has some serious gaps in it. My problem with your concept is the lack of rules by which to abide by and the avenues by which it can be misused for personal gain. I'm generally quite cynical towards men in power, the...

As I've already stated, I don't believe in such a theory. But carry on, yes you're driving on a deserted road... *listens* Perhaps you don't see any harm in your speeding. But we all know how little we can see and poor our reaction is at high speeds. Wether or not you believe the road to be...

I do agree with you that most people are fundamentally good, but I also believe most people are fundamentally selfish, and without the fear of punishment they will have no restraint to do what they believe at the time to be necesseary, while at the same time it might be harmful to the whole...

Would they really truthfully tell us? I don't understand how changing the system would change the human mind. The mind will work in a selfish manner as it has worked before regardless of the system around us. Instead of having "law" and those who guard it play the part of the authoritarian...

Nyse you keep answering our questions by explaining the basic concept of your system, which has already been understood, but never actually answering the questions we are asking of you and I don't understand why you keep doing that. Now scroll up and go to BeerWenche's last post and answer...

I didn't clam up. I said "I agree to disagree", to which you replied pretty much saying that you're right and I'm wrong no matter what. No point trying to argue against that, since whatever I say is wrong, and you won't even look at this objectively. You are free to think however you like. I...

I'm keen hockey follower. Running our hockey related site comes with some of it's own time consuming tasks, such as making addons for the game we're fansite of, to mention one. I also like to write, like most others here. :) Movies are an interest, but since they only take two hours, give...

Finnish (suomenkieli) - my every day speaking and thinking language. English (englanninkieli) - my internet language, rarely spoken. and very basic Swedish (ruotsinkieli / Svenska) - read and listen to this better than speak or write. Very rarely used.

Sad news indeed. The way he is able to make jokes in his announcement brought a smile to my face. :)

I can't say that I completely agree with your theory of rules being broken only for the sake of braking rules. There's no way of proving this one way or another, so no point arguing about it. I'm also not saying that the current system cannot be abused, we see examples of abuse every day, but...

And what keeps the police and court in your proposed system from taking advantage of their position, if there is nothing that will restrict their power or make them accountable for their actions? Slaves are a forced labour force. I'm not a slave, I work for money and work out of my own free...

I'm reading Orwell, but not 1984 :D Answer Beer Wench's latest post and you will have answered my question aswell.

Word by word translation from a language to another is rarely a pleasant read. :D

But you're forgetting that in our current system, even those who are enforcing the law, making laws or giving judgement in the court are just aswell "slaves", as you call it, under the law. No one is above it. No one can escape it. In your proposed system on the other hand - if I'm...

I write in my own language. I doubt you could make much sense of it. :D Thanks though. :)

Maybe "Law" infact is an entity of it's own afterall. An entity which cannot be changed or controlled by any one person (or atleast they will face serious opposition if they would ever attempt such a transgression.) Maybe this is not such a bad thing, though. If no man can touch this entity...