There Oughta Be A Law

How many times have you heard (or even said), "There oughta be a law . . ."?

We say this when we don't like what someone else is doing. Thnk about it a minute. If you were suddently granted the power to make whatever laws you wanted, what would they be? No cell phones in restaurants? Mandatory hand-washing after using the bathroom? No colorzing old movies?

Imagine how wonderful it would be if you could enact any laws you wanted. Imagine how nice and orderly the world would be.

Now imagine for just a moment that someone else received that power. What laws would they enact? No smoking in public ever? That's not too pleasant if you're a smoker. How about no meal with more than 3 grams of fat? Forget eating some of your favorite fast food.

Thnk about everything you do. Is there anything that someone, somewhere might not like? Maybe you drink too much (and some people consider any drinking too much). Maybe you like to eat animal products (which doesn't fly too well with the animal rights people).

Let's pretend that every time you get to pass a law against behavior you don't like, someone else gets to pass a law against your behavior. It starts to make what other people do a bit more tolerable, doesn't it?

In Norwood, Ohio, Joy and Carl Gamble just lost their home to the powers of eminent domain. It seems a developer wants their land for a shopping mall/condo complex. Joy and Carl want to keep their home, but at what cost to the community?

With the new development comes more jobs and more taxes. Those things are good for the city and for the majority of the citizens. Why shouldn't they be forced to give up their home for the greater good?

Only one reason--if they can be forced to give up their home, so can you. If we don't protect the rights of others, nobody will bother to protect ours.

If you want freedom, the only way is to work and fight for the freedom of evverybody else.