[Roscoe]

"There never was a government without force. What is the meaning of government? An institution to make people do their duty. A government leaving it to a man to do his duty or not, as he pleases, would be a new species of government, or rather no government at all." -- James Madison

Again: does the force Madison speaks of impose morality, or enforce the law?

Rosenthal had a duty to obey the law.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Rosenthal had a duty to obey the law.

I haven't written the first word about Mr. Rosenthal, nor his case.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Rosenthal had a duty to obey the law.

Was that supposed to be an answer to the question I posed?

[Trailerpark Badass]

Rosenthal had a duty to obey the law.

Do we have a duty to obey laws that violate our conscience?

[unspun]

I think it's a new idea to a-lot of people that the basic purpose of government is to place constraints upon human behavior.

It really causes me to chuckle - but it's a symptom of something very grevious.