I guess this cartoon rides off the end of the Jury Duty cartoons a while back. I was stunned by who wanted the law to work a particular way in their specific circumstances. Not being a clever lawbreaker myself, it doesn’t usually occur to me which laws I need changed to suit what I’m up to at the moment. The couple in court trying to wriggle out of jail time for prostituting their underage daughter… they were VERY aware of which laws they needed changed to get them out of trouble.
I love Thomas Hobbs arguments for the need of a strong government to ease and control the entrance of man into society. For without government, men will degenerate into their natural state and fight a “war of all for all against all”. From what little of his work I’ve read, and I imagine it suffers something in translation from 1600’s english & latin, I don’t think he quite grasped how that “ease and control entrance of man into society” could be perverted into “completely shut out men from society”, nor do I think he grasped how big, mobile, chaotic, and apathetic that society could become.
Agent54 over 10 years ago
They are guidelines for society – ask any lawyer, and they are NOT written in ink. But enforced in green.
James Hopkins over 10 years ago
Because with no laws there would be chaos.
gregcartoon Premium Member over 10 years ago
I guess this cartoon rides off the end of the Jury Duty cartoons a while back. I was stunned by who wanted the law to work a particular way in their specific circumstances. Not being a clever lawbreaker myself, it doesn’t usually occur to me which laws I need changed to suit what I’m up to at the moment. The couple in court trying to wriggle out of jail time for prostituting their underage daughter… they were VERY aware of which laws they needed changed to get them out of trouble.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 10 years ago
Agreed Larry.
Number Three over 10 years ago
True enough.
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Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 10 years ago
I love Thomas Hobbs arguments for the need of a strong government to ease and control the entrance of man into society. For without government, men will degenerate into their natural state and fight a “war of all for all against all”. From what little of his work I’ve read, and I imagine it suffers something in translation from 1600’s english & latin, I don’t think he quite grasped how that “ease and control entrance of man into society” could be perverted into “completely shut out men from society”, nor do I think he grasped how big, mobile, chaotic, and apathetic that society could become.