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-square61fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down112
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-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-square61fedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 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-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI don’t really get this. The law does not prevent murders. And how come we survived the times before Law if murder was so rampant?
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt doesn’t prevent all murders but surely it prevents some murders.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days ago It does prevent that vast majority of murders. source?
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI like his work but I do not consider Louis CK to be an authority on these things.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoMe neither, but I very much agree with his statement in this case.
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoSo quote yourself. You don’t even need to put in the quote marks.
- Louis C.K
So yeah, we definitely need a police force to exist.
I don’t really get this. The law does not prevent murders. And how come we survived the times before Law if murder was so rampant?
It doesn’t prevent all murders but surely it prevents some murders.
It does prevent that vast majority of murders.
By carefully stepping over all the murdered people lying around.
source?
Common sense.
It’s not that common.
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.