presoak@lazysoci.al to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAre people better off just doing what they want or do they need police watching them and forcing them to do the right thing?message-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up125
arrow-up125message-squareAre people better off just doing what they want or do they need police watching them and forcing them to do the right thing?presoak@lazysoci.al to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days ago The law against murder is the number one thing preventing murder - Louis C.K So yeah, we definitely need a police force to exist.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoI like his work but I do not consider Louis CK to be an authority on these things.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoMe neither, but I very much agree with his statement in this case.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoSo quote yourself. You don’t even need to put in the quote marks.
minus-squaremyrmidexAlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoI don’t really get this. The law clearly does not prevent murders. And how come we survived the times before Law if murder was so rampant?
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoIt does prevent that vast majority of murders. And how come we survived the times before Law if murder was so rampant? By carefully stepping over all the murdered people lying around.
minus-squaremyrmidexAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days ago It does prevent that vast majority of murders. source? EDIT: would you go out murdering people if no such law exists?
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt doesn’t prevent all murders but surely it prevents some murders.
- Louis C.K
So yeah, we definitely need a police force to exist.
I like his work but I do not consider Louis CK to be an authority on these things.
Me neither, but I very much agree with his statement in this case.
So quote yourself. You don’t even need to put in the quote marks.
But I didn’t say it … he did.
I don’t really get this. The law clearly does not prevent murders. And how come we survived the times before Law if murder was so rampant?
It does prevent that vast majority of murders.
By carefully stepping over all the murdered people lying around.
source?
EDIT: would you go out murdering people if no such law exists?
Common sense.
It’s not that common.
It doesn’t prevent all murders but surely it prevents some murders.