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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's what "society" is; a set of restrictions on the absolute freedom of the individual for the overall good.
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The problem is that there are *a lot* of people who think that anything goes as long as there isn't a law to prohibit it.
I see it with big companies: they act like small children do, alsways doing things that are on the edge (or just over it) of what is allowed, until they are stopped short by a new law. And then, they find a different way to do the same again, or something new of which they *know* that it probably would not have been allowed, had someone thought about it before and made a law against it. So, they start doing it until somebody with the correct authority notices and makes a new law.
Like so:
Child / Company: *Do some stuff*
Parent / Law maker: "No! Not allowed!"
Child / Company: "Aaaaw!" *pout, pout*
And 5 minutes to 5 months later (depending if it's a child or a company), it starts all over again, and again, and again, and again.
And as I said, many people and companies think like that. "If there's no law to prohibit it, then it's fine. If there *is* a law and I don't get caught, then it's fine too."
It's the reason why I have the overwhelming feeling that many people and companies have no morals, ethics or common sense whatsoever.