citizenship

[low_delta]

Laws are put in place to protect people. If you feel that a law is not protecting the people, protecting some at the expense of others or just plain wrong, the proper way to handle it is to have the law changed. The wrong thing to do is to disobey that law.

This is good citizenship. I've understood this for a long time. In fact, we teach this in Boy Scouts.

Comments

[banana.livejournal.com]

Do you have some specific illegality in mind?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of Roy Moore who was removed from his judicial post for disobeying a court order to remove the Ten Commandments from the courthouse.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

The wrong thing to do is to disobey that law.

Depends on the law.

I don't think trying to change the law and disobeying it are mutually exclusive. And some laws would be too reprehensible to follow for even a day. E.g. I'd've helped the underground railroad. I hope.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I figured someone would bring that up. :-) But the basic idea still stands. And it's certainly important for someone in the judiciary system, and regarding a law that doesn't put people in any direct danger - e.g. Roy "Ten Commandments" Moore.