While Plato may agree with you (because each new soul may be the one that saves us all), I don't. I can make you "lose" me in any number of ways (leaving, simply not talking, etc.). It's not a compensable harm for society. Bzzzt. Try again. </font>[/QUOTE]As long as Plato agrees with me I'm happy :D
Seriously, I was just raising the issue, that most laws are meant for society and not for the individual (because you need no law when you're on your own ;) ). In addition to that you do not only risk your own skin, but also have a negative influence on everybody who sees you. Of course people should be responsible enough to obey the law by themselves, but in the sense of general prevention society has to punish behaviour which it does not deem right and potentially harmful to it.

I've got this strange feeling of deja vu.

Well, that's better than vuja de -- which is the feeling that nothing quite like this has ever happened before anywhere. ;)