> On Aug 6, 2:19 pm, Art zilch.com> wrote:
>

>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:53:41 -0700 (PDT), Paul gmail.com>
>> wrote:

>

>>>So if we are part of mother nature as you suggest, then why do we have
>>>laws? Why not let human nature run its course without trying to
>>>enforce what one can or cannot do?

>

>> Because human nature isn't much different now than it was when people
>> got fed up with letting human nature run its course,  and they started
>> hiring gunslingers, inventing laws and forming gummints to protect
>> themselves.

>

>> Arthttp://home.ptd.net/~artnpeg

>
> well we have gummint and people are still raping/murdering/killing
> so...... i dont think it'll ever end.
>
> i guess with gummint we have less of it. which is better than no
> gummint and more of it. *shrug*
>
> i'm not trying to turn this into a "why do we have laws" thread... i
> just think it's funny how we go about our business, and we try hard to
> think/feel/vote this or that way, and in a split second *BAM!* it's
> gone.