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To: robertpaulsen
"And my vote is no. It is morally understandable, but not morally OK.

If a sufficient number of people break a certain law, it then becomes time to re-evaluate the penalty or the law itself -- Prohibition is an excellent example."


You've just made an excellent argument for why breaking unjust laws is not only OK, but moral.
57 posted on 12/27/2005 4:34:48 AM PST by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: LIConFem
"You've just made an excellent argument for why breaking unjust laws is not only OK, but moral."

Unjust? Says who? Maybe the law was unpopular, not unjust.

People break the speed limit every day. Is the law unjust?

59 posted on 12/27/2005 4:49:45 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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