'IF IT'S THE LAW, IT'S THE LAW . . .YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEM'

The Libertarian ^ | October 20, 2002 | Vin Suprynowicz

[Cultural Jihad]

All Liberteens have a problem with the law. Deal with it...

Traumatic toilet training.

[mysterio]

Color me burned by your superior wit.

[citizenK]

Ooops, I mistakenly referred to it as a DA race - actually the guy is running for Attorney General...

[Libloather]

Color me burned by your superior wit.

Thanks. NEXT!

[Arthur McGowan]

None of this is news. We have an Attorney General who professes to believe that abortionists kill human beings at abortion clinics--but if YOU try to stop an abortionist from killing people, the Attorney General will see to it that you are arrested, prosecuted, bankrupted, jailed, etc. And every Governor in the country will do the same thing, including every single governor</> who professes to believe that the Constitution does NOT "guarantee a right" to kill people at abortion clinics.

[Cultural Jihad]

No one but liberteens claim that laws are laws and must be obeyed. Anyone is free to civilly disobey any law which offends their conscience, and indeed are obligated to do so. The Nuremberg trials well established this precedence that conscience should be followed above any mere human law. Henry David Thoreau wrote a pamphlet about this very issue, but the moral-liberals seem to think the title was: "Civil Insurrection, and How to Whine About the Consequences of One's Actions"

[Libloather]

None of this is news.

But finding the age of missileboy maybe news.

Just how old is missileboy?

[MatthewViti]

I have a problem with laws that disrespect to the constituion, and the bible.

[Libloather]

Anyone is free to civilly disobey any law which offends their conscience, and indeed are obligated to do so.

That maybe more leftist than the leftists of the 60's!

Is this crap coming around for another go?

[Libloather]

(Just how old are you - really?)

[Dimensio]

I missed it because I'm supposed to be in bed :)

Thanks for pointing out what I miss most often: the obvious.

[citizenK]

I hear you on that staying up too late thing...

I found the AG candidates remarks the most compelling part of the essay - especially given that the people at the meeting (including a newspaper editor) expected him to qualify his remark or retract what he had just said.

Also, I think this example addresses the thrust of the article - this isn't about the public not liking particular laws and engaging in civil disobedience (like bikers riding w/out helments in defiance of the law). The article points to a failure in our system of government and the decay of checks and balances between branches of government. The checks and balances envisioned by the founders of our republic and institutionalized in the Constitution have been replaced by a corrupting cooperation between branches and levels of government whereby bureaucratic hacks and self-serving politicians devote their efforts solely toward forging their place in the power structure of our society.

[dcwusmc]

Nice fine. Thanks for posting it. Vin is a most excellent writer! When you read his work, you are never left in the dark as to what he means!

[Skywalk]

And why are you such an a-hole?

[Zon]

I've never known libloather to make a lick of sense.

I hate to say it (figure of speech) but, from the last thread he and I were on he was either acting dumb or, he is as dumb as a fence post (figure of speech--maybe).

Don't waste your time...it's like wrestling a pig.

Or, like trying to nail Jell-O^® to a wall.

Listen!... Hear that in the distance?... "Mom, dad forgot to lock the computer and little LL's on the Internet bothering people again."

[redrock]

"Traumatic toilet training."

Sorry you had such a bad time with it....hopefully you're over it now.

redrock

[redrock]

Our Nation was Founded by men, and women, who refused to obey unjust laws.

...sometimes..some of the people on this forum seem to 'forget' this simple fact.

redrock

p.s....Excellent article..Vin is one of the best.

[redrock]

"You have a lot to learn. How old are you?"

redrock

[mn12]

How old are you?
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Unless you have any reasonable argument to make, just SHUT UP!!!!!!!!

[redrock]

"Will the last American to care for the rule of law please bring the flag, and hit the lights."

LOL...you can be sure that it will NOT be anyone connected to the current Republican/Democratic Parties...they gave up on the rule of law years ago.

Now...they just want to rule.

redrock