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   Geri (geri@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Aug-2025 21:59:03 JST Geri

   I don't approve of anyone breaking the law

   I approve of people trying to change the law and if they think they should break the law in doing so then perhaps we should listen to their arguments, especially if such a high number of people from all sorts of walks of life are prepared to do so.

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     HighlandLawyer (highlandlawyer@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 10:05:26 JST HighlandLawyer

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     @Geri
     Law is not morality. Historically there are 2 views on unjust laws: one is "lex injusta non esta lex" (An unjust law is no law at all); the other is the law is whatever the state says is the law, but one has a moral duty to oppose unjust laws. Both theories lead to a similar outcome- one should oppose unjust laws however ones morality permits or requires.
     Civil disobedience means deliberately breaking a unjust law while accepting the legal consequences of doing so & is a highly moral act.

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     LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 10:05:26 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia

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     • HighlandLawyer

     @HighlandLawyer @Geri Someone once told me that "The Law" is an anagram of "Wealth" and I can't stop thinking about that.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     HighlandLawyer (highlandlawyer@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 10:05:26 JST HighlandLawyer

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     • LillyLyle/Count Melancholia

     @LillyHerself @Geri
     "La loi, dans un grand souci d'égalité, interdit aux riches comme aux pauvres de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain."
     ~Anatole France