{"id":558,"date":"2005-06-27T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=558"},"modified":"2009-04-12T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:37:11","slug":"can-a-people-have-too-much-respect-for-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/27\/can-a-people-have-too-much-respect-for-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a People Have Too Much Respect for the Law?"},"content":{"rendered":"

TCS: Tech Central Station – Can a People Have Too Much Respect for the Law?<\/a><\/p>\n

Our “deference to the Law, and to every one who wears the semblance of lawful authority, is so complete… as to occasion a traveler some annoyance and more surprise,” Dixon wrote. “Every dog in office is obeyed with such unquestioning meekness, that every dog in office is tempted to become a cur.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing; it’s quite interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our “deference to the Law, and to every one who wears the semblance of lawful authority, is so complete… as to occasion a traveler some annoyance and more surprise,” Dixon wrote. “Every dog in office is obeyed with such unquestioning meekness, that every dog in office is tempted to become a cur.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-90","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/02\/11\/oathbreaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":558,"position":0},"title":"Oathbreaker","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Talking about sworn oaths and the people who break them.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2744,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/09\/what-lord-of-the-flies-taught-us-about-free-markets\/","url_meta":{"origin":558,"position":1},"title":"What “The Lord of the Flies” Taught us about Free Markets","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking the lessons of the book \"The Lord of the Flies\" and applying them to the so-called \"Free Market.\"","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flickr image by Enrico Fuente","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/123\/346158990_1ca071e203_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":268,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/10\/08\/enemy-combatants-and-the-war-on-terror\/","url_meta":{"origin":558,"position":2},"title":"“Enemy Combatants” and “The War on Terror”","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 8, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been conflicted over the idea of the President of the United States being able to declare a U.S. Citizen an \"enemy combatant\" and hold him\/her without the \"Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.\" It bothered me so much that I decided to look into it myself.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":355,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/12\/02\/ode-to-my-computer\/","url_meta":{"origin":558,"position":3},"title":"Ode to my Computer","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Ode to my Computer: A Poem by Keith M. 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