Wednesday, February 18, 2009
law enforcement.
I've got just one question for u guys, that is, How does the enforcement of laws (rules) work? Is it something psychological? (i.e we make up our minds to abide by them). Is it by this that institutions succeed in the implementation of rules?
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Hi Yamamoto,
How i wish i knew your actual name, remember to include it in your next entry. Your question is quite profound for it touches on a
Fundamental question that we are confronted by every single day but we choose to ignore, maybe for the betterment of society.
People who are more intelligent than myself have suggested that every society has its own norms, where a social contract exists between the ruler and the ruled. The state for example has a monopoly on violence, we submit to our law enforcement officers hoping that they will protect our common interests. As you know, this social contract is not always observed in most of our societies. In most instances, you find a meeting of extremes, the robbers and the police (who sometimes happen to be criminals). There is an interesting article in yesterdays’ Graphic where a couple of policemen robbed a hotel manager.
Your question lends itself to many arenas, and should not only be limited to the one example I have cited.
Does society reap any benefits when it decides to have norms and rules it abides by? How about the different areas of knowledge?
There is an interesting cross-topic link here.
This thread has started to talk about rules and norms that relate to the ways in which society operates, and the extent to which people abide by them, and the "satanic verses" thread lower down (don't forget to click on "older posts" to get the full range of discussions) is concerned with whether we should stay within the "rules" of the knowledge we think we already have, or be more receptive to new claims and ideas.
Check it out!
i think it is a psychological thing. From birth, you are taught to obey rules. You are taught that if you break rules, there are consequences- dire ones. For example my mother told me that if I didn't stop peeing in bed she would tell all my friends about it, you can figure what happened. Basically because from your formative years you are taught that breaking rules is equivalent to bad consequences(not necessarily that rules are good), it becomes a part of your make up and regardless of how reluctant you may be or how baseless you may deem them, you follow the rules.
It is interesting because sometimes, you do not even know the consequences but just because it is labeled a rule, you feel an obligation to obey. It that fear of being 'different' or wrong that controls the enforcement of rules to a large extent.
On the other hand, humans do not like to feel trapped(i believe thats why we're so fascinated by space exploration and discovery in general). We do not like to feel that we are being confined or controlled and that is why when rules are forcibly imposed we rebel-its an innate need to feel free.
I may be wrong but I think hippie, rock n roll etc. are jus results of feeling constricted by social rules because as Kamau said, much as they may be unspoken, there ARE social rules and as much as we do not want to seem like puppets we are controlled by them.
This is getting pretty long but i just want to add that inasmuch as some rules a just borderline nonsense, rules are needed to any community in check-think for a second what would happen if everyone decided to be 'free'...?
It is good to think outside the box for it is the only way to advance. But when does out of the box thinking end and plain silliness begin?-jus wonderin....
I PERSONALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO WHAT I HAVE ASKED, I MUST ADMIT THAT 'KAMAU' AND 'ANTYE504' HAVE REALLY LET ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE OF WHY LAWS ARE ENFORCED AND IT IS THE RIGHT FOR THE HUMAN RACE TO ABIDE BY THOSE LAWS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN BALANCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
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