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When, if ever, is it okay to break the law?
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Peace, Graham.
One of our duties as free people is to break unjust laws to point out the fact they are unjust. When done peacefully and publicly, it's called civil disobedience, one of the most important and powerful types of activism.
NOTE: This is a truth you will not hear from the mainstream/state, which claims there is NO reason anyone should ever break its laws.
One law we should not break is the common law, which is essentially the golden rule. Do no harm to others without their consent. That is the foundation of a free society.
This knowledge is no longer taught in schools.
Yeah man..well said 😀
Sadly it is changing now so that anyone who questions the law is being portrayed some kind of terrorist. The UK government have brought in new laws that make peaceful protests illegal. This is just the start.
Yeah. It used to be the state formed itself around the people. Now, the state expects the people to adjust to the needs and desires of the state. Rule by oligarchs instead of individual liberty. But all things change, and this doesn't have to be forever. Interesting times!
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I'm pretty sure everyone breaks a law every now and again. Sometimes unconscious other times because it's convenient.
If it's ok is up to the individual. It depends on a lot of variables and is highly subjective. Other than that I see some good points about civil disobedience. While I agree with most of the law, it's not perfect. And some laws are ridiculous. Up to you to decide if the punishment is worth breaking it
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Yeah man..definitely. 😀
Depends on what kind of law you're breaking.
I'd love to break the law if they'll not get me hanged
Congratulations to the winners knce again and I want to say it is becoming so good to see how competitive this is this days and am really loving it and I want to say I missed that guess about the 42 ,which really seems not good for me ,but all the same am still very much cool and okay with things here .
Technically to me I will say I don't see any reason why a lwa should be temper with or broken by a citizens at all irrespective of the happenings at that moment I sincerely expect that laws are to be duely followed at all times and that is why of adage says:
Which means laws are what brings about sin at times in our community,but I totally say not in any form should law been broken at all
The above word is a very powerful one and I must also say it as to do with our determination in terms of achieving success and greatness in life and I must say to have a successful story in life especially when it comes to getting the best out of all that we are doing it requires a lot of sacrifice and that is why the fear of failure won't get us anything good in life rather we have to keep on pushing no matter the results that is coming our way ,we just have to without thinking of failure at all and I will say that those who don't think of failure ends up achieving the best results in life
Yeah there has been lots of great engagement here recently. 😀
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I agree with acts of civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws and a general distancing from a government that does not take action to correct unjust laws. Philosophically "unjust laws" are "human laws not rooted in eternal and natural law". However this definition given by Aquinas seems too broad and idealistic to me.
I think the best examples are Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks and others during the 1960s civil rights movements. They broke laws in a peaceful nonviolent manner to demonstrate that those laws were not just laws in a hope that the laws would be changed. They were willing to pay the full price for breaking the law and they did so.
Considering this I would say that if one determines the law to be unjust and demonstrates civil disobedience in a nonviolent manner and is also willing to pay the full price of breaking the law, then it is more than OK, it is honorable to do so.
Yeah well put. 😀 i think it really is our responsibility to stand up to ANY unjust laws and restrictions being forced on us by dodgy governments.
Too many people today just go along with whatever they are told without question. That's absolutely crazy.
The whole world need a proof of brain, not just Hive.
The standard of morality gets skewed so people go with what the government says. I think Korea has way too many laws . Depending on your lawyer's ability to decipher the law it can mean one thing to one person and another thing to another person.
The problem with having so many laws is that people have a hard time to think for themselves. They don't know the heart of the law which is the reason the law was created or the moral principal behind the law. The result is that when the time of danger or emergency exists they follow procedure and obey orders even if that procedure and those orders are screwed up.
The most obvious example in recent history in Korea is the Sewol ferry... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol. Since that incident people have been more reluctant to follow directions from authority without thinking first.
I think if one truly believe that the law is wrong, one can break it in a public in such way so that people can see what you are doing. You should then prove your sincerity by taking the full
punishment for your actions. If all of these criteria are met, breaking the law is acceptable.
Ah a very interesting discussion. The thing that immediately comes to mind is you can or even should break it when the law is unjust (racism, religious rules that exclude people etc) but what one person deems just can be unjust for another. And so when is it 'unjust enough' for it to be ok to break the law. I think we can all agree that those who demonstrated against say Apartheid were pretty justified in doing so. How do we feel though about those who did violent attacks on people as a protest against apartheid? It quickly becomes very difficult.
From my own country the occupation of the Germans immediately comes to mind: from 1940-1945 Netherlands was occupied and many broke the laws of the Nazi oppressors. Now we see those people as heroes who rightfully broke the laws.
I don't think it ever is, okay to break the law, that is. The law is there for a reason, a good number of people, agreed to enact it (is that the right term? I'm not sure) so generally I don't think it is ever okay to break a law. maybe just go around it? LOL
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