How many people are afraid to walk down a dark alley at night? That's a freedom we should have
It is also a freedom that a group of 15-year-olds in fashionable clothes, a homeless person, or someone who just bought a bottle of wine from the shop should have.
If someone demands money from you in a deserted street, do you have the courage to refuse?
If they demand money from you, they are almost certainly committing at least one criminal offence, and you should probably call the police.
If they ask for money from you, and you don't want to give any, just say no.
If not then you need something
A spine, perhaps?
A little recognition that not everyone in the world is as fortunate as probably everyone reading these posts wouldn't go amiss, either.
There are good reasons to create and enforce laws, but I don't think prohibiting otherwise harmless activities because someone in a more powerful social class doesn't like them should be among those reasons.
Very well said. Tackling a problem with a broad brush law that grants liberties to one group while denying those same liberties from another should never be the answer.
It is also a freedom that a group of 15-year-olds in fashionable clothes, a homeless person, or someone who just bought a bottle of wine from the shop should have.
If someone demands money from you in a deserted street, do you have the courage to refuse?
If they demand money from you, they are almost certainly committing at least one criminal offence, and you should probably call the police.
If they ask for money from you, and you don't want to give any, just say no.
If not then you need something
A spine, perhaps?
A little recognition that not everyone in the world is as fortunate as probably everyone reading these posts wouldn't go amiss, either.
There are good reasons to create and enforce laws, but I don't think prohibiting otherwise harmless activities because someone in a more powerful social class doesn't like them should be among those reasons.