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TOPIC: ISSUE 178 - "It is possible to pass laws that control or place limits on people's behavior, but legislation cannot reform human nature. Laws cannot change what is in people's hearts and minds."
WORDS: 504    TIME: 0:33:27 (写作时间35分钟，修改1。5小时)    DATE: 2006-2-3

提纲：完全不同意
1，好法律的正面作用
2 。坏法律的反面作用

Generally speaking, laws and morality are two fundamental means to control people's behaviors and to ensure effective governance of a society for whether a small village or a large country. The great Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle once remarked, "Law is order, and good law is good order."  This is the truth concerning about all types of societies in the ephemeral yet splendid history of human beings. Good laws will advance the hearts of minds of mankinds, but bad laws serve only to corrupt people and cause their disgust.

On the one hand,  good laws can be constructed in two ways to modify people's hearts and minds. Firstly, if laws is specially designed to reflect the advocated values such as bravery, love and loyalty, the government will be advocated by the people and they will become more confident about themselves and the future. A good case in point is that China ever established a law to help those suffered from poverty. Before the establishment, many people including the poor as well as the intellectuals worrying about the gap between the rich and poor,  are very unsatisfied with the government. But after that, the government gained trust not only of the poor but also of the conscious. Secondly, the laws, if erected to strike those who dare to break the laws are powerful tools to prevent the crimes. Although a small number of people acknowledge their thoughts to transgress against the laws and even commit crimes,  most of people are generally intimidated by such laws for the simple reason the price paid for lawbreaking actions too high and the benefits of obeying the laws are expectedly foreseen. Most of us begin to think prerequisite of an eligible citizen is to obey the rules. Without such laws, our society will be in a state of chaos among the riots and terrors made by mob and terrorists. Most people are generally thankful to the government to such legislation in deterring crimes and criminals.

But on the other hand, bad law is bad order, which does not mean it cannot change people's hearts and minds. Take Nazi Germany as an illustration, its laws and policies together intermingled to make most Germans believe in their evil leader Adolf Hitler and Teuton was the most excellent nationality in the world. Many people paid their sweat and blood to realize the dreams of Nazi Germany to conquer the whole world. Lots of them lost their homes and even lives. After World War Two, Germany quickly corrected its mistakes and by establishing a series of democratic laws it stood up as a promising country. In retrospecting this phase of history, one may naturally notice the effects of bad laws to human beings.

In conclusion, I hope it has been shown that both good laws and bad laws can play a significant part in shaping and forging the deep thoughts and minds within the people. The legislation branch of the government, consequently, should be very meticulous in building the basis of our society.

[ 本帖最后由 cpafire 于 2006-2-3 18:16 编辑 ]

ChunyanLi2005UID: 2124266

观点很独特！例子也很丰富，可见你是个见多识广之人，羡慕！
但是论证方面还有点不足。
Secondly, the laws, if erected to strike those who dare to break the laws are powerful tools to prevent the crimes（这句话虽然成分上没毛病，但是很难让人读懂，建议中心放准，再调整一下）
Adolf Hitler那段例子中，例子很好，但是侧重点掌握得不是很好，如果把那段时期law 对人们minds and hearts的影响多说多分析点就好了！
不知小的是否拍对？
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