o sung wu
No, please don't misunderstand I wasn't disagreeing merely adding some other perspectives.

Those who live truly by their Christian values are less likely to commit a crime but only if they are true to those values.

That goes for anyone's ethics and sense of integrity. The fact is the basic Christian values (for that matter most religions) are the values that most people take on board - thou shall not kill etc. These values were created by human beings and most of us naturally fall into those values as they are critical to quality of life and survival.

Much of it is commonsense including respect and lack of judgement (not sure if Christianity always wins out on that one) for those who may think differently.

Wasn't it Aristotle or Hippocrates who said "do no harm". That is a fundamental human premise.

But it's alright to covet your neighbours' goods, and even to steal them, so long as it's called "balance" and done by government, right Pelican?

Hi there...'We are Unique'

Gee, I don't know about that ? I suspect, if I were to initiate a specific thread on 'Law and Order', I reckon I'd be utterly howled down by pretty well all on OLO ?

Another thing, I'm absolutely NOT 'Politically Correct' either. That in itself would probably have me banned or barred or whatever ?

In my approaching 'dotage', I'm afraid I'm a little too old to adopt a more 'gentle line' when advancing an arguement, or giving an opinion on issues such as Law and Order.

Sorry, 'We are Unique'.

Cheers...Sung Wu.

I don't know Jefferson I have never coveted my neighbours goods. Don't judge everyone by your own standards.

Paying tax for universal law enforcement and healthcare is not coveting anyone's goods.

Exploiting cheap labour where no regulation exists is probably alright with you, but in my version of what would work best is some form of uniform rules about wages and conditions.

Coveting one's property is no different to coverting one's labour without fair recompense.