[robertpaulsen]

"We're dicussing whether it is ever morally OK to break the law ... "

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.

[LIConFem]

"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.

[jmc813]

And my vote is no. It is morally understandable, but not morally OK.

Here's another example that might hit closer to home for you. Do you feel that true Chinese Catholics (not followers of the official ChiCom version of the Church are morally OK in practicing their banned religion? I certainly do.

And again, for the record, the disclaimer, I'm not equating freedom of religion with marijuana use.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

If a sufficient number of people break a certain law, it then becomes time to re-evaluate the penalty or the law itself

What number would you consider a threshold? If, say, a million people break a certain law, is it then time to re-evaluate the penalty, or the law itself?