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Comment by marcus_holmes

2 hours ago

Absolutely not.

It was illegal to harbour escaped slaves. Or hide Jews from the Gestapo.

Laws have nothing to do with morality. Or justice.

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lukan  1 hour ago

Yes they do, but not with a philosophical concept of morality, but merely those of the ruling class/majority.

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