Ending God's Tax Exempt Status

[HungLikeJesus]

If we all get to pick and choose which laws we want to obey, what's the point in having laws? If we feel strongly enough that a law is bad, there are processes to get it changed.

(That's not to say that I don't break the speed limit, etc., but if I get caught, I know that I'm responsible, and I suffer the consequences.)

[queequeger]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If we all get to pick and choose which laws we want to obey, what's the point in having laws? If we feel strongly enough that a law is bad, there are processes to get it changed.

(That's not to say that I don't break the speed limit, etc., but if I get caught, I know that I'm responsible, and I suffer the consequences.)

I agree to an extent, and I accept the risk of being caught every time I speed. Some laws, though, don't make any sense but not enough people have the desire to change them (mostly because it doesn't affect them, and if it's not my problem why do I care?). I guess it comes from the perversity of my nature, but if I don't agree with the law, I don't have any problem with someone breaking it.

This of course, doesn't mean I take any chances with it (anymore at least!). I don't break laws with severe consequences anymore just because I don't want to deal with the punishment. That's a major reason I will likely leave the country as soon as I can - to find some place more akin to me.

Nice name, btw.