{"id":51174,"date":"2015-05-17T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T23:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/17\/the-law-can-be-respected-or-feared.html"},"modified":"2015-05-18T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:58:00","slug":"the-law-can-be-respected-or-feared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/17\/the-law-can-be-respected-or-feared.html","title":{"rendered":"The law can be respected or feared"},"content":{"rendered":"

And the way people behave toward it in each case will differ. In the former, people strive to uphold the law because it's the accepted and right and good thing to do. In the latter, people take their fear into account in the behavioral calculus they perform regarding the law and its representatives.<\/p>\n

The latter may give an appearance of compliance — when it makes sense. But that doesn't mean if someone thinks they can get away with something, they wont try.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +George Wiman<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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"Don't ever run from the cops," say comfortable, middle-class people with nothing to fear from cops
http:\/\/mikethemadbiologist.com\/2015\/05\/15\/when-the-law-is-viewed-as-unjust-running-from-it-is-a-rational-behavior\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWhen The Law Is Viewed As Unjust, Running From It Is A Rational Behavior<\/a><\/span>
\nRegarding the killing of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, I noted: If you believe that the justice system is not just, then the decision to obey law enforcement simply becomes a cost-benefit analysis dec…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And the way people behave toward it in each case will differ. In the former, people strive to uphold the law because it's the accepted and right and good thing to do. In the latter, people take their fear into account in the behavioral calculus they perform regarding the law and its representatives. 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