Comment by throw10920

9 days ago

OK, so then you think the entire system is corrupt, and you should reform/replace it.

Selective rejection of laws based on your own personal morals is wrong in every circumstance.

Either you believe the system is just and you follow all the rules (and work through the system to changes the individual rules you believe are unjust), or you believe that the system is fundamentally unjust and you take drastic action to fix it. If you don't, then you're a hypocrite - you don't really believe that the system is unjust, you're just using that as an excuse to selectively ignore laws you disagree with.

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fwipsy  9 days ago

There are many unjust laws on the books, and that will always be true:

- some are backed by powerful interests

- some have become load-bearing and are too difficult to replace

- some just don't matter and aren't enforced

- even if you fix some, new ones will be passed, because people are not perfect

If I prove this to you, will you then take your own advice and "take drastic action" to replace the US government?

  • throw10920  9 days ago

    > There are many unjust laws on the books, and that will always be true:

    > If I prove this to you, will you then take your own advice and "take drastic action" to replace the US government?

    No. You didn't actually read my comments before responding, and you're fundamentally misunderstanding my position. That's not "my own advice".

matheusmoreira  9 days ago

> you think the entire system is corrupt

I do.

> you should reform/replace it

This is a way to reform it. If nobody obeys a law, is it really illegal? It's more like a custom.

> Selective rejection of laws based on your own personal morals is wrong in every circumstance.

So if your so called authorities passed a law saying you're required to participate in some atrocity such as genocide, you'd do it with a clean conscience? Okay.

> you believe that the system is fundamentally unjust and you take drastic action to fix it

I don't have the power to do so. Also, people who try "drastic" actions are called terrorists.