steveh_131
Grandmaster
That's not the scenario I painted.
So? Answer the question.
One is a crime (a serious felony) and the other is an infraction...not even a crime. NOT THE SAME THING
The labels that we assign to these actions are irrelevant. They are laws because society has decided that they are dangerous behaviors.
Here are the arguments presented that disqualify the speeding officer from being a hypocrite:
1. He is willing to pay the price, and
2. Speeding isn't a big deal
If you choose #1, then you also must accept that the meth-manufacturing officer in the scenario above is not a hypocrite, and should be allowed to continue as a police officer once he has done his time.
If you choose #2, then why do we want to make it a big deal by taking money from people at gunpoint?