Brian Loe wrote: > I could argue that I may not have the "right" to drink and drive but > that wouldn't limit my argument that the government has no "power" to > prevent me from doing so. The government's only real role is to exert > its power in an effort to enforce contracts, whether those be > contracts between states, itself and other governments, or between > citizens. One such contract is the social contract I have with my > fellow citizens requiring that I don't do them harm. Once I break that > contract, the government's power can be brought to bear and a > punishment be rendered.
While I agree in principle, it doesn't really work that way in real life. If a cop sees you throwing back a cold one in your car, he most certainly can pull you over and (possibly) arrest you - or at least give you a ticket (caveat: I don't know, and am not arguing *what* he can do to you, just that he *can* do it). I'm not knocking your position - I agree with you more often than I don't. But the fact remains that, in some cases, you don't have to cause anyone harm to get arrested - you just have to demonstrate the capacity and you can be pre-emptively pwnd. -- S.f.Stover http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x15FFC42A _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
