Frank Trippetts Article Summary

People break the law just to break the law they want to know if they can get away with it just like when the book reads “ Do you ever read any of the book you burn? He laughed that's against the law” this quote shows that just because it's against the law to read book people do it anyway just to see if the can get away with it because it's illegal. The book also reads “my uncle drove slowly on the highway once. He drove 40 mph and they jailed him for two days” now when people break the

“It is painfully apparent today that millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with all sorts of minor laws that are

The criminal law system encourages compliance and reduces non-compliance through an array of mechanisms, including situational and social crime prevention along with increasing police powers under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment Act 2014 (LEPRA). The criminal law appears to be relatively effective in decreasing non-compliance, as the majority of people are law-abiding citizens as they enjoy the liberties and protection that a disciplined society provides. Criminal law may further encourage compliance by punishing violations of the law on behalf of society where individuals fail to comply. However, regardless of the criminal law’s efforts in reducing non-compliance, continuous defilements of the law occur frequently, causing the community to question the effectiveness of the criminal law in encouraging compliance and reducing non-compliance.

Frank Trippett writes about how everybody breaks minor laws on a day-to-day basis. He says that these people are a major threat to our social order just as much as major criminals are. I agree with Frank Trippett's analysis on Americans breaking the law, written in "A Red Light for Scofflaws." Trippett is correct when he suggests that more and more Americans are breaking laws every day, because I see people breaking many laws on a daily basis. Everywhere I go, people around me are breaking the laws like running red lights and speeding and breaking other laws that they do not want to follow. I do believe that ordinary law-abiding citizens are breaking more and more laws, somewhat flirting with the concept of rebellion. I disagree however with

Growing up, we have it drilled into our heads that we should always follow the rules, and never break the law. From parents, realatives, teachers, and generally any adult do we hear these messages. I guess I took all of that advice to heart, because I try to always follow the rules, and obey the law. Most of my peers however, do not listen to what their seniors told them as children. As a child, laws seem like the foundation that civilization was supported by. If someone does something that wrongs another person, they are punished. Sounds like a good idea, right?

Envision if everyone in the world decided to go around breaking laws because they did not agree with them. There would be a bunch of unnecessary arrests, great amount of violence, and the world would be a terrible place to live. As citizens of this country we have the commitment to adhere to the rules, laws, and submit to any consequences we may receive. In the great words of Socrates, “One should never do wrong in return, nor do any man harm, no matter what he may have done to you.” Breaking laws is never morally justifiable.

Some socio cultural rules that are totally irrelevant must be breached, if not it shall create stymies for people who want to live freely. As our societies are concerned we are barely allowed to do intercaste marriages, polygamy else our fate of living or not is depicted by the society even if our family accepts it. Unjust laws do exist in the society, but that has to be removed slowly rather than protesting and making a mess out of everything. Most of the times breaking the laws becomes a must: when u go impecunious and your wife is dying because u cannot afford the drug to cure her and for that if you steal the drug, such cases can be justified morally. Yes, the person surely has to get punished but the punishment can be reduced to minimum as that ‘stealing’ was for a purpose and such reasons seem clearly justifiable.

From banning alcohol for a certain amount of time to making women's rights a possibility, our country has grown for the positive, and even in the negative. Our laws were created to keep structure and safety for all. Black or white, minor or adult, tall or short, each amendment affects us to be a structured human in our very free society. We assume that law enforcement that we see today has no sense of heart or even justice towards the freedom of others. Throughout the many media outlets and even our many history textbooks, we assume that law enforcement has no sense of dignity, neither the sense of what is right or wrong when it comes to enforcing the laws and regulations of what this country has upheld for many ages. The laws that was created by man and approved by society is there for the safety and control of our country. But, because a man with power becomes drunk from it all, that shouldn’t reflect the ideology behind our rules and regulations of our country, but should show that not every human is perfect when it comes to following the laws, which will help them to grow as a better human and

Its is not right to break the law because bad stuff will happen to you. There is many different consequences when you break a different law so be careful in what you do because you might regret it. Its is not right to break the law because bad stuff

“Millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as lawbreakers, let alone criminals, are taking increasing liberties with all sorts of ‘minor’ laws that are nonetheless designed to protect and nourish society”(Trippett). Frank Trippett in his excerpt, “A Red Light for Scofflaws” argues that many people each day are breaking minor laws but do not think much about it because it does not seem like a big deal. The author supports his claim by stating that citizens believe that if breaking the small law does not harm anything, than it should not be a huge dispense. He continues by revealing that people continue to break the law because they are not getting caught and it does not affect the society around them. The author’s purpose is

Frank Trippett in his passage “A Red Light for Scofflaws” argues that people who used to be law-abiding citizens are now becoming criminals thanks to ‘minor’ laws. Trippett supports his argument first by providing the statistic that millions of Americans are taking increasing liberties with ‘minor’ laws. Then he supplies a few examples of different ‘minor’ laws that people nowadays are ending to break, such as littering or speeding. He does this in order to warn law-abiding citizens to be careful so that they do not turn out like the lawbreakers. Trippett provides a concerned tone towards the audience of ordinary citizens.

Many people don’t even think about how many laws they are breaking on a daily basis. This short excerpt taken from “A Red Light for Scofflaws” ,written by Frank Trippett, draws attention to the fact the people tend to break minor laws without any thought or care to their acts. He begins by explaining that laws like the tax code violations and littering broke frequently. Trippet goes claims that people don’t care about laws like these because are no real consequences for their actions. The author argues that more citizens should obeys minors order to get people to realize that breaking these laws could result in misfortune. The author uses a informative and cautionary tone to scofflaws everywhere.

We are comfortable breaking the law when we feel it does not apply to us, that laws such as the speed limit are not real laws because everyone breaks them. In 399 BC, Socrates would have disagreed with this assertion, and died in part to keep this idea from spreading. Socrates was sentenced to death by an Athenian court, though the punishment did not fit the crimes he was accused of. We assume that any knowingly innocent person would have escaped this sentence if given the opportunity and support to do so, yet Socrates refused to and died soon after. Over 2,000 years later, Martin Luther King, Jr. is also imprisoned for a petty crime and saw his actions in line with Socrates, as they were both unjustly jailed for questioning their

The law of the land, such as the United States Constitution, ensures the safety and wellbeing of each citizens. Similarly, the law should not have to bend for any citizen or their misdoings. As mentioned by James Madison

When people aren't following the law it doesn't mean that they are doing something that could harm someone; it could be something that wouldn't have no harm no foul. When you don’t follow every law it doesn't make you a bad person. I don't believe everyone follows every law because there are too many laws that we don't really know. Breaking a law that has done no harm doesn't make you a bad person.