But, it does sound a lot like some liberals I know. After all, they WERE written by fallible people, not by infallible gods. Only harebrained liberals could ever believe that a system can abandon common sense in favor of mechanical interpretation of written statements and long survive. As a libertarian and as a thinking human being, I MUST disagree with these conclusions. I am strongly for the government staying out of my business on a day to day basis.
Law enforcement is a legitimate obligation of government, perhaps the ONLY legitimate duty.
So, I am one libertarian that thinks Syl's idea ought to be tried out. It might not work, but then again it might. As I said, there would be some very sticky problems in implementing it. I can see some ways in which the powers that be could severely abuse it, as they have many other good ideas. The cost of freedom is, as always, eternal vigilance.