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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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Writing truly good law has to be one of the trickiest acts ever to pull off.
Most anyone can intuitively tell the difference between someone who says off the wall shit just to get a reaction or because he's pissed off or he's drunk or some such and those with loose screws.
Legislating preventive measures that preclude abuse on the part of the state is another matter all together.