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leen_duuuh
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...right to violate a law? explain your position please so i can get a better understanding
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Free Thinker
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Morally speaking, when the law is morally wrong, it can (and should) be broken. People who say the law should never be broken should think about the Underground Railroad as an example... laws against helping slaves were morally wrong, so it was morally acceptable for people like Harriet Tubman to break them. Our founding fathers broke British laws; if it's never acceptable to break the law, then America should still be under British rule - clearly that's not true. I know these are very extreme examples from a long time ago, but anybody who thinks that the law as it is today is perfect is living in a fantasy land. If guns were outlawed today (quite possible), would it be wrong to own a gun? I don't think so. Was it wrong for people to drink alcohol during prohibition? If so, why was it OK to drink before prohibition and after prohibition, but not during? That position would make no sense. Either it's acceptable to drink or it's not, and prohibition was one case where the law was wrong. Legally speaking, of course nobody has the "right" to violate a law (obviously), but there are times when laws are wrong and it is acceptable to break the law, like the examples I gave.
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David L
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Well, I smoke pot fairly regularly. I have done so for the last forty years.
A citizen always has the right to ignore the law. The law, however, has the power to ignore that right the same way it can ignore a murderer's right to life.
I choose to ignore the stupid law against marijuana because I like the stuff. After a quarter century spent stitching up unhappy drunks in an ER I have no desire to drink. I have made an informed decision to violate a law I consider stupid.
On the one occasion I got caught, I did not whine about it. I paid the fine and went home to roll myself another one.
A citizen always has the right to ignore the law. The law, however, has the power to ignore that right the same way it can ignore a murderer's right to life.
I choose to ignore the stupid law against marijuana because I like the stuff. After a quarter century spent stitching up unhappy drunks in an ER I have no desire to drink. I have made an informed decision to violate a law I consider stupid.
On the one occasion I got caught, I did not whine about it. I paid the fine and went home to roll myself another one.
Nobody has the 'right' to violate the law - especially in a representative democracy.
In a democracy, laws are the consensus of the people. If you disagree with the law then you should work to have it changed. However, a law is little more than an enforced standard which we at some time have all agreed to live by. Thus as members of society we are obligated to abide by society's rules.
In a democracy, laws are the consensus of the people. If you disagree with the law then you should work to have it changed. However, a law is little more than an enforced standard which we at some time have all agreed to live by. Thus as members of society we are obligated to abide by society's rules.
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Havoc
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Never, once you pass that dangerous line, all you will get is liberal anarchy. And the last thing the US needs it that
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piegowdealer
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1) Example: Alabama law requires persons of color to ride in the back of public transportation. Rosa Parks sat in the front as a protest to the denial of her civil rights. She was arrested and brought to trial.
2) This is called "civil disobedience." You break the law that you feel is unfair, or illegal. You go to jail for it and follow whatever punishment the judge imposes. You hope that your case will bring public attention to the law and cause the appropriate government agency to change it.
3) This does not mean to imply that you can kill abortion doctors because you want to change the legal status of abortion. You would be breaking one law to protest another.
2) This is called "civil disobedience." You break the law that you feel is unfair, or illegal. You go to jail for it and follow whatever punishment the judge imposes. You hope that your case will bring public attention to the law and cause the appropriate government agency to change it.
3) This does not mean to imply that you can kill abortion doctors because you want to change the legal status of abortion. You would be breaking one law to protest another.
Nobody has the 'right' to violate the law - especially in a representative democracy.
In a democracy, laws are the consensus of the people. If you disagree with the law then you should work to have it changed. However, a law is little more than an enforced standard which we at some time have all agreed to live by. Thus as members of society we are obligated to abide by society's rules.
In a democracy, laws are the consensus of the people. If you disagree with the law then you should work to have it changed. However, a law is little more than an enforced standard which we at some time have all agreed to live by. Thus as members of society we are obligated to abide by society's rules.