Comments on: Free Will? You’re lucky if it is reasonable. http://nexilist.com/2007/08/15/free-will-you%e2%80%99re-lucky-if-it-is-reasonable/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chucker t. http://nexilist.com/2007/08/15/free-will-you%e2%80%99re-lucky-if-it-is-reasonable/comment-page-1/#comment-4 chucker t. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:33:25 +0000 http://nexilist.com/?p=16#comment-4 As always, burt can more the words if ya can kill yourself and don't or do , that's the start of "free will" As always, burt can more the words if ya can kill yourself and don’t or do , that’s the start of “free will”

]]> By: John Dalmas http://nexilist.com/2007/08/15/free-will-you%e2%80%99re-lucky-if-it-is-reasonable/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Dalmas Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:51:33 +0000 http://nexilist.com/?p=16#comment-3 Here's an example of freedom of choice: Ernie chose to stop at a bar while driving home from a bad say at work. There he chose to have "just 2 or 3 drinks" (actually 3) before continuing toward home. And crashed into a bicyclist en route. Ernie tested out with an illegal blood alcohol level. Ernie could say he'd been so upset before having those drinks, he'd been a greater hazard before drinking. Could be. However, a legally entitled govt has a right to pass and enforce laws to protect its people, and our DUI driver broke the law, seriously injured someone, and had to absorb a heavvy fine, spent 5 days in jail, lost his license, and did 3 months of public service. Laws and police aren't perfect, any more than drivers are, but Ernie had no reasonable complaint. He chose to drink and drive. Here’s an example of freedom of choice: Ernie chose to stop at a bar while driving home from a bad say at work. There he chose to have “just 2 or 3 drinks” (actually 3) before continuing toward home. And crashed into a bicyclist en route. Ernie tested out with an illegal blood alcohol level.

Ernie could say he’d been so upset before having those drinks, he’d been a greater hazard before drinking. Could be.

However, a legally entitled govt has a right to pass and enforce laws to protect its people, and our DUI driver broke the law, seriously injured someone, and had to absorb a heavvy fine, spent 5 days in jail, lost his license, and did 3 months of public service. Laws and police aren’t perfect, any more than drivers are, but Ernie had no reasonable complaint. He chose to drink and drive.

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