rebate...

to spend or save that is the question...

personally?

i pick save...

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what makes a 'civil' society 'civil'?

is it the laws? or is it the people in the society?

if the latter is the case, then would we even need laws to begin with? meaning regardless of the laws, we would still be a civil society. given laws would be set up in such a way that they would be meaningless. let's just say a law was enacted, jaywalking, well no one has ever jaywalked before, but now we have a law that says we can't. well, what do we need that law for? no one did it in the first place.

if it is the laws, then people would act civil within those laws. be restricted within the laws.

let's take us (the u.s.) for example. don't we believe to have civil laws? that these laws have built a civil society? that ours are just laws (sure, there may be some problems, but for the most part). for us there is a law against jaywalking. we jaywalk all over the place. however this law is in place so we don't get killed. so we cross where and when we should do so.

well...according to human nature (and i take more of an hobbesian stand point), we need these laws to be civil. 'covenants without the sword are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.' but are we?

my answer is...no.

people left to their own devices are not civil. our sword has gotten weak.

within this past week; how many fights, oh i'm sorry, riots have broken out in cleveland public schools? and then the kids are set home to their parents. i believe that one parent didn't even come and pick up their kid. these are riots, not the undeniable food fight. a riot.

so the question remains...are we a civil society?

a society is only as good as its laws.

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let me just get this out of the way...

i told you so.....

i could say many things about this amazing game, but in the end...the giants won, the patriots lost. the fifth seed underdog took out the top ranked afc team. they put brady were he belongs...on his ass, and kept him there. i can't say how happy i am right now...i just have a huge grin on my face typing this. so i'll stop....

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