Laws are like taxes. You can have all of them you want so long as you don’t call them by what they are. Some legal experts have declared, "how many laws are there, why there must be millions."
There are laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, policies and who knows what else. We have governing bodies whose sole purpose for existing is writing laws about something - anything. This includes federal, state, county, city, school, home owners associations, and just about anybody that wants to tell others what they can and cannot do.
I’ve often heard, that ignorance of the law is no excuse. If the lawyers and police don’t know the laws, then how the heck am I supposed to? In the burg where I live, the city has an ordinance against anything a home owner wants to do. If there is no ordinance against it, they will write one while you wait.
In New York City, citizens may not greet each other by "putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers." In Oklahoma it is illegal to have a sleeping donkey in your bathtub after 7:00 p.m. You still are not allowed to spit on the sidewalk in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. If you think these laws are stupid, you should read the ones Congress passes.
We are a nation of laws. The only exemption to the laws are members of congress and celebrities.
Isn’t there something in the Bible about burdening people with laws? Oops, I’m certain I broke a law somewhere by mentioning the Bible.
What ever you do, don’t do anything or you’ll break a "law."
PMO
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