@klyph,
It is the government that has stolen our personal responsibility, when personal choices that we make make us criminals.
I can be charged with "careless driving" because an officer PERCIEVES me to be careless, not because my "careless" actions resulted in personal injury, property damage or undue damage to our environment.
I can be called a criminal because Harry Anslinger, Randolph Hurst III, and the Dupont Chemical Corp. decided marijuana is not profitable for THEM, so it should be illegal.
While I understand speed limits in cities and residential areas, I believe on divided highways in rural areas speed limits violate my rights, and are used primarily to fund county treasuries.
and these are just the ones that affect me the most, the problem in this country is not that there is too many criminals, but too many CRIMES.
Crime is how the government separates people who do not agree with them, and the first thing they do after they label you a criminal is TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE so now you have no voice to defend your actions with. I believe if you cause personal injury, proprety damage, or damage to the environment, you have broken the law and should be held accountable, but if you haven't you shouldn't.