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I feel uncomfortable every time I drive. If for instance, I am driving over the speed limit by 10 for 35 seconds because I’m watching the road, traffic and my surroundings I have to be fortunate not to be given a ‘ticket’ by police. Why should I be victimized for something of this nature? I say victimized because I would be the only person involved that suffers punishment by threat of force when I caused literally no harm to anyone or any thing.

I want to go deeper into this point. I have a prospective that probably differs from the status-quo when it comes to what I call victimless ‘crimes’. If I choose to drive 90mph, regardless of whether that is a wise choice or not, it is my choice to make. Other drives have the right to be angry at me for the way I drive if they choose but my question is; if I don’t hurt anyone or any thing by doing it, then what am I being punished for? If I refuse this punishment my options are force, incarceration or both. Still for not harming anyone or any thing.

I understand that it is a preventative measure to avoid possible harm but my question and concern however, is at what point does crime prevention become pre-crime? Now, on the other hand, if I do harm someone or damage something and my speed is a direct cause, then reasonable punishment should be expected.

What if this same logic regarding ‘speeding’ and ‘victimless crimes’ was applied to everything else? What if the threat of force by authority and law only applied to people that actually caused harm or damage? In my opinion, this is what freedom truly is. anything else is oppression that borders on tyranny. Furthermore, If you need a license or a permit to exercise your rights (to which you are born with), then you are asking permission to have and use those rights. Those are not rights, they’re privileges.

The “American Dream” as George Carlin says, “You have to be asleep to believe it.”