Just Because You Can...
doesn't mean you should

When I was a little kid, I would always get irked when other kids would do stupid things and defend themselves by saying "well, it's a free country." Simply because an action is not prohibited does not make it right. I know I take a lot of freedoms for granted but I hate when people use our liberties as excuses for stupidity, greed, or selfishness.

I like to of the law is a base line, and we should use our consciences to raise that level. As much as my bossy side would love to make laws outlawing stupid actions, it would not be practical. I would hope that people would use their common sense to govern their actions instead of just doing what the law doesn't prohibit but it doesn't seem to work that way. You don't have to read through thousands of cases to know that a lot of people seem to lack this impulse of knowing right from wrong. You can just tell by looking around you everyday.

-Just because OJ can write books and give interviews about hypothetically killing his wife doesn't mean he should, for the numerous reasons I've written about before. Same goes with the Judith Regan woman who thought this all up. Best news I read today is that all the fox channels are pulling this. Just goes to show that laws aren't the only things that govern corporations, people rising up and actually demanding things actually works too.

-Just because Michael Richards, aka Cosmo Kramer, can legally say racial slurs, doesn't mean he should. At least he apologized but boy was that an awkward video to watch.

-Just because you like to "tell it like it is," doesn't mean that you should. Don't you feel like a lot of people don't have that "off button"? Maybe law school attracts this kind of personality but I'm so sick of people who have to give their opinion of everything and everyone, especially at inappropriate times. I really do like most of the people I go to school with but sometimes people just need to listen instead of talk, inside and outside of class.

-Just because they gave you a traditional Vietnamese outfit...


You get the point. jk. This is one of my favorite pictures of the economic summit.

I think that this comes down to the fact that just because something outlawed is wrong doesn't mean that the converse is true. There's some LSAT term about that kind of argument but thank goodness that part of my life is over.