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RE: Week 6 debate topic - Spirit vs Letter of the law
Interesting that you took the other side. Wonderful to see. So are you suggesting then that because legislators and citizens are human beings, they comprehend human nature and as such are capable of addressing the frailties of being human within their legislation?
If this is your position, then that comprehension would also recognize that other people will attack the documents, find loop holes, technicalities, etc in order to get away with wrong behaviour. As such, how do you propose that your legislators deal with the frailties of the 'letter of the law' that is exposed by these charlatans?
You asked basically two questions let me answer the first one;
Well there could be some frailties by legislators in establishing Laws for a particular society but still my point is they are much aware of the human behavior and they know how can one behave in certain situation. Like there are certain rules of penalties to kill someone at the same time there are certain Laws to proof someone innocent, it all depends upon the situation. Actually situation does matter a lot for which legislation you're talking about. So i do believe justice should be given according to the nature of humans. That is why Laws are made according to human behavior and legislators play vital role in it.
well you asked another question about the frailties of the 'letter of the law' which is established by the legislators.
My take on it there could be NO OBJECTION to the rules set by the legislators. Because Legislators are always neutral and it is the Spirit which can damage those rules and laws.
OK let me give you an example What is the point to curse the letter of documents or written rules when The Worthy Judge takes bribe from one party and delivered spread the injustice in a society.
This thing makes me more clear about the importance of the letters of documents and the legislators. They are purely responsible for transparent justice within a society :) @wwf
I think when he talks about the frailties of the letter of the law he means how the language can be twisted to suit our whims. An example is a "Road work ahead" sign. This could mean that there are people working on the road ahead, or it could mean that the road ahead is in working order.