tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post115302170460974799..comments2024-03-11T07:41:19.149-04:00Comments on The Perfect Substitute: 867-5309 = 911?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20142791.post-1153340855270837852006-07-19T16:27:00.000-04:002006-07-19T16:27:00.000-04:00"Laws are in place to prevent negative outcomes, n..."Laws are in place to prevent negative outcomes, not punish them."<BR/><BR/>I would sure hope that laws punish negative outcomes. I think the law would come into play if you steamrolled someone in the CRX, not only if you could have run someone over.<BR/><BR/>The potential consequences of the law IS the deterrence effect of the law. Moral sentiments aside, people don't steal from others because there exist consequences of doing so.<BR/><BR/>This site is double-blind peer reviewed; I am not Matt Ryan, nor is David Skarbek himself, nor pinetorum you-- but we all get judged. I trust my post got somewhere between a rejection and a revise and re-submit.Matt E. Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290146649328322694noreply@blogger.com