I think this sums up why so much needs to be governed at the state and local level. The federal govenrment and the laws should be broad and acceptable to just about anyone - things like we should treat others as we wish to be treated (and therefore if we, say, kill someone intentionally, that society has the moral right to "do unto you" as you did to others. It doesn't mean a state MUST use capital punishment, just that it has the fundamental right to do so.Thomas wrote:Justice adimistered without enough wisdom makes tyrants of good men. Have we gained enough wisdom yet? lawlessness is a state that does not exist for long . In the absence of law, the strong make and enforce the law, usually to the detriment of the weak.
God's justice works for people like me and you but what of those who don't believe in God.
If state and local governments were exercising the power that they should, we would have 50 laboratories working within a Constitutional framework. Utah could have a jsutice system based on our interpretation of God's justice...if someone did not believe in God or felt the system was unjust, they as a citizen would have their say in changing the laws, and barring that, going somewhere lese and joining with people they agreed with as to the laws they would live under. We would have states where abortion was either completely banned or only in truly rare and exceptional cases. We would have states that were very socialistic. We would have states that were libertarian. We would have states where most drugs were legal. We would have states where even alcohol and tobacco were outlawed.
The problem is that rather than realizing this, we continue to move toward more and more centralized planning/solutions - the next step being a global one-size fits all bureacracy.