Though I personally prefer Henry David Thoreau ("That government is best which governs not at all"), in honor of Martin Luther King, an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience...
Here's a moral premise for you to consider: when there is no victim, there is no crime. Do you agree? (And before you go there, no - "society" is not an individual and cannot be considered a "victim." A collective cannot be a victim - only an individual.) For example, take this US New Hampshire common-sense thinking "peace officer" (as opposed to most brain-dead "law enforcement/police officers") who is refusing to arrest medical marijuana users. He refuses to enforce what is clearly an immoral law. If only more cops would take such a moral stance on this and other laws, we'd have a much more peaceful world.
http://freekeene.com/2010/01/18/nh-cop-refusing-to-arrest-medical-cannabis-users/
DISCUSS!
Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Jan 19, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=87
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