From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 22:11:43 MDT
Lee Corbin wrote:
> Randall writes
>
>
>>>Yes, but *who* is to decide what is right and wrong? You
>>>act like it is *entirely* a matter for the individual.
>>>
>>It is. No one else has direct control over an individual's
>>actions, so the individual must choose whether to obey or
>>disobey any given law. Whatever the posturing of politicians
>>and lawyers, each individual *does* decide which laws to obey:
>>the only remaining question is whether the individual should
>>use his or her own reason and experience to guide that choice,
>>or simply submit.
>>
>
> I say that their reason and experience should cause them to
> conclude that they should obey even the laws they disagree
> with, (fanciful exceptions aside, and it being understood
> that one lives in a fundamentally democratic society).
>
You utterly refuse to consider that your position is
authoritarian nonsense even when extreme examples that have been
presented to you are shown to be altogether too real. Just
exactly what is your agenda? If you are serious about this
position I would not find you a trustworthy neighbor in these
increasingly irrational and litigous times.
- samantha
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