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To: Hugin
"Because we have laws or we have anarchy"

Yes indeed we will.

But, if the laws are "unjust", should the masses continue to abide them?

Unjust laws rendered by unjust men foster anarchy!

73 posted on 06/07/2009 1:54:22 PM PDT by Hillarys nightmare (So Proud to be living in "Jesus Land" ! Don't you wish everyone did?)
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To: Hillarys nightmare; betty boop; Jim from C-Town
But, if the laws are "unjust", should the masses continue to abide them?

Every person has his own idea of justice. There is certainly no consensus among "the masses" on abortion. Moreover we still live in a country where there peaceful means to change public policy. It is far more difficult than it should be when judges usurp power and put policy issues out of the hands of elected representatives, but it is still possible. Again, as far as taking the law into your own hands based on some self-percieved higher morality, that's the same justification used by the Unibomber, Earth First and the Amnimal Liberation Front. Or Al Qaeda for that matter. That can only justifiably be a last resort, when a broad support of the majority beleives there is no alternative. Otherwise, even if you win, it is simply a minority imposing their will by force. That's called tyranny.

77 posted on 06/07/2009 2:19:03 PM PDT by Hugin (GSA! (Goodbye sweet America))
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