How does a law become controversial and repressive?
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Explanation:
In one sense, it’s every law. To the extent that law circumscribes our behavior, it is repressive.
However, it’s more common use is the belief that a law excessively or unfairly circumscribes our behavior. Some people feel that way about seatbelt laws; teenagers always feel that way about curfew laws, and probably about drinking regulations as well.
The kind of repressive laws that generally responsible adults dislike are laws that single out one group of people over another, or impose a greater burden on them. For instance, right after 9/11, almost anyone with brown hair and eyes could be stopped for a full body search; later it was reduced to people with “funny” names or clothes. I found the law against bringing a bottle of water onto the plane to be repressive. I thought it was reasonable when they made you open the bottle and drink from it, to prove that it wasn’t gasoline, but banning all liquids (except a baby’s bottle) made no rational sense to me. I’ve found several ways to get around that law, but I’m not advertising here; I have to fly next month.
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