The Law
How the Law works
Tiger Moto
5/5/20252 min read


The law of the people ?
➔ Law by Rule..the US..law enforcement
➔ Rule by law.The UK..policing by ‘consent’
Without laws there would be anarchy.The recent invasions by
America into Iraq and Libya has lead to collapse in law and order and
infighting between different groups..War lords causing mayhem and
destruction
Warning..There is one law for the rich and one for the ‘poor’...so its better
to be rich than poor...you get to make the laws
Around 10,000 years ago when people began to live in small
communities.To live together there had to some rules..laws..which would
applicable to every one.The first law was for murder..you could be killed for
murdering someone...especily relevant if someone is having an affair with your
wife...that person ‘needs’ to die
A lot of our laws come from Religion and most our problems.if all
the laws of religion were applied to day we would have a
dangerous..uncivilized..barbaric population...beheadings...killing for
adultry...rape would legalized..stoning..beating children...domestic
violence..covering women from head to toe..not allowed out in public.
The democracy loving Greeks ( plus slavery) were the first people
to have a constitutional rights enshrined in 12 tables..citizens rights..despite this
it did not save the Empire.In China Confucious..
who’s people were very confused..gave his people a mixture of
Daoism..Legalism and Confucianism...this probably explains why stir fry is so
popular in China.
Laws exist to protect people and property..and act as a deterent
against injustice..not so in practice.later laws to govern and facilitate trade were
inacted...but not for the Empire subjects...they had no rights to protect them
from exploitation.
After the decline of the Greek and Roman Empire..Europe went
to normality..barbaric state..it was law by trial..people were subject inhumane
and degrading treatment..if they recovered they considered innocent...drowning
was popular..if you did not survive you were innocent !.
The Church banned trial by order..but duels continued.The Magna
Carta is the first document to give prople basic rights..followed by th English
civil war and separation of power from the crown to Parliament...unfortunately
Charles I lost his head ..a small price for freedom
After the French Revolution...which was a bread riot..the poor could
not afford their daily bread...the ‘cost of living crises has been with for a long
time’.Frances declaration of rights..excluded its colonial subjects.It took over a
100 years to abolish slavery and women only got the vote after throwing
themselves under the King’s Horses.
Industrialization and organised labour in the form of Unions
was able to get legislation passed for better pay and working conditions.With
‘Democracy’ came a legal system with checks and balances to stop abuse of
power..not so in the colonies.
After world war one and two..came the United nations and its
charter..while most of the world was still colonised.As I write this Israel is
commiting genocide against a defenseless civilian population in Gaza..the so
called defenders of democracy and human rights actively supporting the
Democratic terrorist state of Israel.
It would seem international laws are applied selectively by the
West..the majority world has been quick to point out the hypocrisy and double
standards.
In the beginning
Humans are social animals...some more social than others.In the past
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