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Originally Posted by u-Bob
The entire original concept of laws is not about the most efficient way to organize things, but to prevent (and repair) injustice. Murder is an act of injustice, theft is an act of injustice, rape is an act of injustice etc. All those things are 'mala in se'. Merely talking or fantasizing about committing murder or about pulling off a heist or about rape is not an act of injustice. Locking people up when they have not committed an act of injustice but when some psychiatrist believes they might some day commit an act of injustice is an act of injustice in itself.
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Thats an interesting interpretation. The purpose of laws are to protect the rights and property of others and to punish those who infringe the rights of others. It's not any more complicated than that.
But I get your point. The guy who totally out of his fucking mind and who is about to walk into a day care and lock the doors and burn the place to the ground while its full of children shouldn't be hindered on his way to do it. It should only become a problem once there is a body count.