...Many citizens tend to overlook minor laws with the belief that it is ‘no big deal’. Frank Trippett in his passage from “A Red Light of Scofflaws” claims that social order is becoming lost due to the ignorance of many laws in place today. He starts by providing examples of common laws that seemed to regularly be overlooked in society. He does this in order to get his audience to realize that they too, may be breaking laws each and every day without even being fully conscious of it. He states that citizens find it to be a norm to ignore these rules. He continues by informing his audience that many people believe only violent crimes pose a threat or issue. He then explains that these minor breaks of the law lead to a breaking of social order as well so that his audience will consider the consequences of these actions. Trippett establishes a dissatisfied tone for his law-breaking...
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...In Frank Trippett’s excerpt, “A Red Light for Scofflaws”, he discusses the issue of more and more Americans breaking casual, everyday laws. He first brings the issue about by explaining that laws are put in place to benefit society for the good. Trippett continues his argument by stating America’s current slogan: “You’re a fool if you obey the rules.” Trippett's purpose is to inform people of the growing population of people contributing to lawbreaking so that more people will live by the laws intended to keep them safe and sound, even if the law is minor. More and more Americans will continue to be called criminals or lawbreakers because even everyday people are starting to break the rules. Most people would feel that Trippett’s argument...
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...Everyday citizens walk the earth as criminals and some may not even know it. Frank Trippett in his passage, “A Red Light for Scofflaws” expresses how many people commit the scofflaws, meaning people who casually break the law. The author agrees with these small laws because they are simply there to protect and nourish society. He develops a strict tone that puts emphasis on the fact that these Scofflaws are still crimes being committed every day with no serious consequence. The foundation of social order is disturbed by those who do not abide by the rules. Scofflaws should be taken more seriously because without these there would be no order in our lives. “Millions of Americans who would never think of themselves as lawbreakers, let alone...
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...Millions of Americans are beginning to break laws every day and they are becoming scofflaws, sounds crazy doesn't it? But it’s true, Frank Trippett in his passage “A Red Light for Scofflaws” mentions that more and more Americans are breaking laws as simple as speeding, littering on the side of a road, and even causing some noise pollution. Which is turning them into scofflaws. All of these laws aren't taken very seriously but they are still laws and people need to taken them more seriously before they end up being charged or possibly hurting somebody else. Somebody who would disagree with the author might say how there are people out there who actually obey the laws and are law abiding citizens or that just because you break such a small law like speeding that it does not make you a criminal. A majority of Americans are used to believing that the law and order is mostly threatened by violent crimes, Such as vehicular manslaughter, murder, rape, and kidnapping. Children lately have been raised around a world of people not obeying the laws and they think it is totally fine so when they grow up they will repeat the things that they saw growing up. So when they occasionally break these minor laws,...
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...Does the society think of themselves of being a criminal when they break the smallest laws? In Frank Trippetts’ passage “ A Red Light For Scofflaws” he argues that people would never see themselves as being a scofflaw when running a red light through an intersection or being a victim of noise pollution. Americans are used to thinking that law-and-order is threatened mainly by violent crime. In the world today, people might think of themselves as being a fool if they obey the rules. He continues to explain ‘minor’ laws are nonetheless designed to protect and nourish the society today. Even when these laws are set out to make the society better, there are still con artists out there that continue to skirt the law. In the American society today,...
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...there have been minor crimes that, while not as horrible as felonies, still pose a threat to American society and order. Frank Trippett makes the excellent point that in recent years, many of these minor laws have not been followed by many Americans. He also argues that these laws exist to protect American society, and that people nowadays see no need to obey all of the laws. This argument that breaking any law hurts American society and order is correct, because many people have little to no respect for the laws placed above them, there is a common sentiment that something is okay as long as it does not affect anyone else, and because a large number of people breaking what may seem like a minor law can make a major impact....
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