LOOPHOLES

 

A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules.

Evasion/avoidance, means of escape, escape clause, escape route, ambiguity, omission, inadequacy, flaw, fault, defect, crack, inconsistency, discrepancy, shortcoming, slip, let-out, let-out clause, dodge are all loopholes.

We (as a society) make rules for all to follow for the good of community. Don’t drive too fast. Don’t steal other people’s stuff. Don’t cross against the light.

With every rule, there are exceptions.

If you get paid $ much money, you pay $ much tax, except.

If you get caught for a crime, you are sentenced to, except.

If you get fired from your job, you lose your pay, except.

Everything has a loophole.

Lawyers job is to find loopholes in laws. Doctors job is to find loopholes in illness. Preachers job is to find loopholes in emotion. Scientists job is to find loopholes in reality. Politicians job is to find loopholes in common sense.

The latest mass murder has again brought up ‘gun control’ as a solution to bad behavior. There are all sorts of laws, restrictions and licenses for gun ownership and usage. Some debaters will tout our age-old Constitutional right to bear arms. Some debaters will question the need for everyone to have a weapon when there are organizations like the police and military established to protect us from ourselves. Some debaters will reference the Bible with ‘an eye for an eye’ or ‘thou shall not kill’, but the exception is when the Bible was written (and re-written) they didn’t know about gunpowder and bullets.

After they pick up the bodies and wash the floors and have the opinion shows trying (again) to create a reason for the murders and dissecting the person who was holding the gun and hearing the police give consolations and the press offer their prayers and the bodies are identified and the marches and speeches, someone will come up with a new idea on how to change the human emotion.

Then we will all feel better and go back to our lives until the next slaughter.

If you fall in love and vow eternal bliss but find another more attractive, there is a loophole.