[clue-talk] The War On...?

[Don Collier]

You are missing the point of what I had said.  My point is that we DO 
have to obey the laws that we feel are unjust while we try to get those 
laws changed.  Getting arrested for a cause means nothing at all.  It is 
a personal statement and bears no weight in getting that law changed.  
Not to mention the fact that you are now in jail and have limited 
resources to fight the fight. 



Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:56:50 -0700, Don Collier
><dcollier at collierclan.com> wrote:
>  
>
>> In my opinion, every American has a duty to obey the law now matter how
>>unjust that we feel it is.  There are ways to make your voice heard other
>>than breaking the law.  We cant pick and choose which laws that we wish to
>>obey.
>>    
>>
>
>What if a law passed by Congress or state legislature contradicts with
>the Constitution? Or with a person's religion?
>
>I heartily disagree with this -- people have a duty to do the "right
>thing," and if that conflicts with the law, so be it. (Obviously,
>people will disagree on what the "right thing" is...)
>
>For example -- sections of the Patriot Act that give the government
>additional powers to spy on library patrons. I won't hold it against a
>librarian who follows the law, but I think it's a far better thing for
>a librarian to refuse to comply with the law in protest.
>
>We'd be in a sorry (sorrier?) state if Americans had always decided to
>"obey the law, no matter how unjust" -- come to think of it, we'd
>probably still be English subjects if that were the case.
>
>Best, 
>
>Zonker
>  
>

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Don Collier
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