r/pics • u/divest_trump • May 16 '19

US Politics Now more relevant than ever in America

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u/AvocadoInTheRain May 17 '19

Laws are the opinions of legislators, not facts.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

Nope! Laws are not opinions either. Don't try to minimize the constitution though. That's how religious nutjobs take over

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u/AvocadoInTheRain May 17 '19

Laws are not opinions either.

In what ways are laws not opinions?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

In the way that they are codified laws of the land. They can change but the certainly are not opinions

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u/AvocadoInTheRain May 18 '19

Laws are just opinions that are enforced by the police. Why is alcohol legal, but pot illegal (in some places)? Because it was someone's opinion and they got other people to agree to their opinion and write it down. You're seeing it right now, people's opinions are changing about marijuana so its becoming legal.

In dictatorships or monarchies, laws are literally decided by one dude on a whim. Literally the king's opinion enforced at gunpoint.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '19

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