jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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shaolinpunk said:i think that, if there was a 100% guarantee of no consequences, a large portion of the population would rape, pillage and murder. if someone does invent someway of making someone invisible, or every legal system collapses, you can kiss civilisation as we know it goodbye
This is what I thought at first, people reverting to more innate animalistic behaviour.
But then surely the reason we have laws preventing such acts in our society is because in having a more advanced emotional state than animals. We can feel sympathy for other beings, and have therefore judged right and wrong as being within and against the law.