No, I think rules and laws are basically fences for idiots to try and convince them that they can only draw inside the lines of life and it generally works pretty well.
That's true, particularly when looking at laws and rules as tools rather than ethical standards. But then you're advocating using that tool in a manner that doesn't achieve the goal, basically "It's better to use shovels and weeks to dig the ditch rather than a plow and ten minutes, because shovels are for ditches and plows are for fields."
Al Capone was based as fuck for running liquor.
I understand what you mean about not judging someone based solely on one quality or feat. Over all if I have to choose between getting my drink on, but at the cost of the Valentine Day massacre two speakeasies over... I'd rather just stay dry.
Which interestingly enough is a choice I've already made, for significantly smaller reasons.
That's true, particularly when looking at laws and rules as tools rather than ethical standards. But then you're advocating using that tool in a manner that doesn't achieve the goal, basically "It's better to use shovels and weeks to dig the ditch rather than a plow and ten minutes, because shovels are for ditches and plows are for fields."
I understand what you mean about not judging someone based solely on one quality or feat. Over all if I have to choose between getting my drink on, but at the cost of the Valentine Day massacre two speakeasies over... I'd rather just stay dry.
Which interestingly enough is a choice I've already made, for significantly smaller reasons.
I don't advocate for using "law" as a tool. I don't know what point you're making here.
I don't drink anymore either, I wouldn't have purchased from Al Capone, but I would have gladly donated for a legal defense fund.