Re: A2 Trade/Swap ... site ...

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> > So, by the above example you're indicating that direct sanctioning without
> > making the workaround via the police is meaningless or even bad.
>
> It's even illegal: try to fine or arrest the guy crossing the street
> against a red light yourself, and you're committing a more severe
> crime than he did!  According to the law, only the police and the
> courts have the right to enforce the law.  Ordinary citizens only have
> the right to keep the offender there, until the police arrives.

But that is an arrest Paul. I've made many of them. Some times I had to wrestle
the person to the ground, sometimes I had to run a foot race, and then tackle
the person. I was never in any danger of committing a crime however, for I was a
citizen enforcing the law, and here in the US that's legal (with some
limitations however.) Even the police however, can't fine you. Only the court
can do that, and only after a guilty verdict.

Roy