[AndyJackson]

Well for one thing there's the willful violation of the law, right or wrong laws are the written rules of our society and willful violation of them shows a disrepect for our society and weakens the ties of society by helping to create a society full of secrets and distrust. Then there's the black market economy that feeds it, on the profit chain of drugs there is always a murderer eventually, there aren't good people involved in the black market and knowingly creating a living for bad people is clearly not moral behavior.

This is the best argument I have ever heard for why a government that wants the respect of the people must make sure that its laws are just and reasonable.

[Stone Mountain]

Well for one thing there's the willful violation of the law, right or wrong laws are the written rules of our society and willful violation of them shows a disrepect for our society and weakens the ties of society by helping to create a society full of secrets and distrust. Then there's the black market economy that feeds it, on the profit chain of drugs there is always a murderer eventually, there aren't good people involved in the black market and knowingly creating a living for bad people is clearly not moral behavior.

This is the best argument I have ever heard for why a government that wants the respect of the people must make sure that its laws are just and reasonable.

Yup. Great point. It's just too bad they aren't.

[discostu]

Absolutely. Bad laws increase lawlessness which increases immorality which damages society as a whole. It really all starts with bad laws. By writing more laws governing more behavior and making more people defacto criminals the cycle gets accelerated.