Originally Posted by oLd-SouL";p=&quot

Well put. But therein lies the problem. We have overvalued the individual/minority in order to protect them from the majority. Staying true to Lale's post, I'll keep my response philosophical, but there are numerous examples where we now infringe upon the rights of the majority in an effort to stop an infringement upon a minority (i.e. the exception to the rule). The sheer number of minor laws of which most law abiding citizens break daily are a good example of this.

Originally Posted by Garbler";p=&quot

In Britain, and I assume many other parts of the world, no ordinary person can be confident that what they have done during their day has all been legal. Eventually the law will get so stupid that people will be going to sleep thinking "I wonder if I stapled those documents together with a legally sized staple."

As FeatheredFool put it,