Journal #12

If I was going to make up my own rules about right and wrong I would probably keep similar rules to what the law is today or what most people consider the rules to be. Obviously things that would be wrong would be typical crimes like murder, theft, and assault. People should not be able to take others' lives, and they should not be able to steal from somebody who rightly earned their property. I think I would be slightly more lenient on assault because if someone does something to make another person hit them they usually do deserve it. One thing I would change is censorship. I think censorship is a violation of freedom of speech or press. People should be able to use a cuss word or speak their mind because we are all entitled to our own opinions, and we should be able to express them. I also think that one thing that should change is curfew. I think that parents can decide curfew instead of their being a law. It is always said that nothing good happens after twelve o'clock, or whenever the curfew is, but it is not like people are going around and killing each other. The worst thing that happens is usually drinking alcohol or involvement with some sort of drug, but if I am out past twelve I am not doing anything bad. I am just hanging out with my friends, and my parents can easily set a time that I need to be home. They know that I am not out committing insane crimes. I personally do not like having a set curfew because when I am outside past it there is nobody else out. When my friend and I are out walking past twelve, or whenever, the police instantly think we are doing something wrong. My friend and I have been pulled over by the cops at least five times doing nothing, and then they just let us go. I think there are some minor things that need to be changed, but for the most part the rules are alright.