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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Laws Nobody Obeys ARE NEEDED
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Date: Sat, 17-Nov-84 19:35:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 17 19:35:56 1984
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... To me
a law is a law, and if it is there, it
should be followed and obeyed.


                       William M. Tatun
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I wonder how many laws you have broken today that you did not know
existed?  Laws become obsolete and are seldom repealed.  They are
just not enforced unless the authorities need an excuse to get at
somebody they can't hang anything else onto.  I forget what the
occasion was, but a few years ago we had a small flurry because the
police started using a law last enforced in around 1820 or so (date
could be a few centuries wrong) because they couldn't find any other
reason to stop the undesirable activity. (Wish I could remember
what it was).
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Martin Taylor
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