mattskramer
Senior Member
Originally posted by OCA
Matts that was an example of a crime that is victimless, that has no effect on the common citizen yet will reap considerable condemnation and scorn from others. Same with homosexuality and sure as hell the same with drugs. Can't wait to have my brakes worked on by a guy high on heroin after drugs are legalized so he can cause me to be involved in a 23 car pileup on the belyway. Legalization of any rec drug besides pot has to be the most ridiculous cause to take up going. It is not a victimless crime, not in the farthest of stretches.
If you refuse to pay your taxes you are breaking the law AND creating victims. You are shifting the burden of financing the government to other people. By not obeying the tax law you are DIRECTLY affecting others. Now, we can debate what a fair share you should pay in taxes, but that is a different issue.
On the other hand, homosexuality and homosexual sex has no direct victim other than those that engage in such behavior. People develop reputations.
Before I allow anyone to work on my car, I get references and only take my car to shops that have good reputations. Provided that there is no force or fraud, you are ultimately responsible for the decisions you make. Businesses and individuals commit crimes and do faulty work regardless of government oversight. The issue with Firestone tires was originally discovered by a private insurance firm. The Firestone employees could have been making bad tires because they were trying to "cut corners" or because they were high on drugs. It does not matter. A private business should be free to set its own standards in regard too drug consumption by its employees and drug testing. It can set strict rules and random testing for its employees and declare itself "Drug Free" or it may choose not to apply such strict standards. At any rate, drug consumption, in and of itself, is a victimless crime.