America, a country that ranks as one of the top ten dangerous countries in the world, is under a constant fight of domestic dispute as well as foreign disputes. Everyday, someone is either unlawfully wronged, loved ones being killed, and injustices happening in every corner, with no one turning an eye. In Frank Trippetts excerpt from his book, “A Red Light for Scofflaws” he claims that minor laws are there to keep the order and peace of society, however, they are laws nonetheless, therefore people that commit them are in every right criminals too. He exerts his notion by giving examples of laws such as, tax codes, littering, speeding etc. He asserts that they are there to protect and nourish society. Therefore, the order of society is shaken when citizens don’t abide by the law. The author adopts a hostile tone in his passage, as he directly points
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Trippet states that, “lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with all sorts of ‘minor’ laws that are nonetheless designed to protect and nourish society.” While it is true that laws are put in place to be followed with the intention of protecting people and the others around them. However, the author is being unrealistic and nitpicking. An average American Citizen should not be convicted in the same platform of a criminal who committed a felony. Minor laws should be set in place to keep the citizens grounded and to know what they are expected of however, when they do commit them their punishment should be in line with the crime they committed. Mr. Trippett also asserts that “foundations of social order are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding citizens take to skirting the law.” Although, in reality if a person that litters is convicted in the same degree as a criminal who robbed a bank, the social order will already be shaken. It is unjustful for the American law to view all crimes as equal, since realistically in the eyes of the law others are more accountable for their
Trippet states that, “lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with all sorts of ‘minor’ laws that are nonetheless designed to protect and nourish society.” While it is true that laws are put in place to be followed with the intention of protecting people and the others around them. However, the author is being unrealistic and nitpicking. An average American Citizen should not be convicted in the same platform of a criminal who committed a felony. Minor laws should be set in place to keep the citizens grounded and to know what they are expected of however, when they do commit them their punishment should be in line with the crime they committed. Mr. Trippett also asserts that “foundations of social order are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding citizens take to skirting the law.” Although, in reality if a person that litters is convicted in the same degree as a criminal who robbed a bank, the social order will already be shaken. It is unjustful for the American law to view all crimes as equal, since realistically in the eyes of the law others are more accountable for their