Imagine yourself throwing a plastic ring from a six pack of soda on the ground. Next, picture that same piece of plastic that was thrown on the ground wrapped around a sea otters neck, and it being trapped. Makes you want to pick up that plastic ring, doesn’t it? Frank Trippett in his article, “A Red Light for Scofflaws” argues that social order is broken when citizens who normally would obey the law become scofflaws. The author starts by explaining which laws he believes that are most broken everyday.
people think that breaking some rules is no big
At Least once in everyone's life they have done something they regret whether it be breaking the law or just breaking someone else's rules. Frank Trippett in his article, “ A Red LIght for Scofflaws.” points out that people who are breaking minor laws are getting in more trouble than ones who are breaking the major laws. The author supports his argument first by providing evidence like littering, speeding, or noise pollution as minor law breaking that are making citizens feel like huge lawbreakers. He continues by saying “ Social order are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding citizens take to skirting the law.” The author's purpose is to try to get everyone to realize that the innocent citizens are getting in more trouble than the prisoners.
Short Summary: Chapter 2 of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison was about how the way society sees crime can be distorted by the media, the justice system, and the information we are presented with about what crime really is. It points out that medical neglect, known environmental hazards, dangerous workplace conditions, and poverty cause more injuries yearly than murders, assaults, and robberies. Most people see the latter as “crime,” but not the former. Long Summary: Chapter 2 of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison discusses people’s skewed perspective when it comes to what they think crime really is. The reader is asked to do an exercise regarding their own reason.
“Scofflaws are people who casually break the law”. Frank Trippett, in his excerpt called “A Red Light for Scofflaws” argues that the foundations of social order are realizing ordinary citizens keep breaking the law. Trippett explains this by stating the little illegal things that people do everyday, such as littering or speeding etc. He has a serious tone in his argumentative passage for everyday citizens. Breaking the law for any reason, no matter what it is, is a crime.
Introduction: Chapter one of Law in America, author was viewing that everything has a law and must follow the law. author’s example was the newspaper and police officer’s. the law is the only one that people have, commonly separate their idea and the responsibility of the country. Without law people would, solve the people with their idea of vision. The regulation, they must follow what the law says, and to be fair and equal to all the people.
I would be the first to advocate obeying the laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey the laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.” Dr. King strongly suggests that moral responsibility has a major role in deciding when the appropriate time to challenge the rules is.
In American, more and more citizens are starting to break the law. Frank Trippett in his passage argues that in today's generation, citizens of America are breaking laws that are designed to protect and help make society a better place. He continues by stating how Americans do not think of themselves as criminals, even though they break the law. The author establishes an argumentative tone for the citizens of America. Americans need to realize the harm that is being done, by not following common laws that are for the public's safety.
Sociologists have determined, the predominant cause of a revolution in the world is poor economic conditions, where people are not able to get adequate income to take care of their bare necessities to feed themselves and make the ends meet. Hence, many resort to illegal activities, particularly in highly populated areas, where massive competition for jobs exists. As can be concluded, it is inevitable that eventually many of the people who commit illegal acts get caught by law enforcement authorities, and subsequently end up in jail. Accordingly, due to the instability of the economic and political growth, many people feel obligated to move elsewhere, not only to seek employment to support their families, but to find a better and safer environment to live in. This shows how resilient American people truly were.
Most people have broken laws that they do not know exist. Whether it is ashing out a window, or playing loud music in public. In the argument by Frank Trippett, he claims that most people do not think of themselves as criminals. He continues and argues that Americans think of law-and-order being threatened in violent ways and not things like littering or sound pollution. He then states that the foundation of social order is shaken up and thrown out of whack when normal citizens ignore the laws.
Fellow American citizens already copiously penalize felons in everyday life; they look down on them in society, restrict them from large amounts of jobs, and allow their past blunders to haunt them. Therefore, felons’ debt to society has not only been paid for by their prison sentence, but it has also been paid for by their tedious lifestyle. This leads to enfranchisement advocates pondering why The United States continues to punish felons and restrict them from the highest esteem of American culture, especially when they may have ended up with their doomed fate through a vacuous mistake. To further support their point that disenfranchisement fosters an overly severe punishment for felons, supporters of felon voting rights point out the fact that, “in 13 states a felony conviction can result in disenfranchisement, generally for life, even after an offender has completed his or her sentence” (Mauer 3). Champions of felon voting rights disagree with the continual reprimanding of felons after their sentence, as it exceeds their obligations to
The authors main argument that I seemed to pick up was that he feels it is morally
Some laws were so harsh that we don’t do them at all today because we have learned. Overall, the actions of outlaws helped create better laws for our
Well, in the legal sense. In his passage, Frank Trippett remarks against the rise of, “ ordinary law-abiding citizens” who take to “skirting the law.” Under Tippett 's statements, I am a just a plain criminal. Trippett explains that it is apparent that millions of Americans are becoming more lenient with breaking the law, in cases where is at utmost convenient for them. Trippett establishes his perspective of these anti-law abiding citizens by saying; “When it comes to tax codes, or laws against littering or speeding or noise pollution, more and more ordinary people become scofflaws.”
What I will explain to you in this article will, how we are connected with the law and I hope, make you see sense in the importance of our laws in the society we live in. To be against the importance of laws in our society would show one to be ignorant and naïve. I encounter the law on a daily basis when I am driving. I have to follow the speed limit of each road, I have to signal before changing lanes, my vehicle must be in good condition in order to safely drive and I must obey all road signs as they are set in place to ensure the safety of everybody.
