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1. anothe+O[view] [source] 2025-01-22 00:18:07
>>Ozarki+(OP)
Paraphrasing an aphorism I saw elsewhere: "Crime is legal now".
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2. l0ng1n+R1[view] [source] 2025-01-22 00:23:19
>>anothe+O
“If a law is unjust a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so” - Thomas Jefferson
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3. DannyB+D7[view] [source] 2025-01-22 01:12:46
>>l0ng1n+R1
1. There is no evidence jefferson ever said this

2. There is no evidence anyone else ever said this, either

The closest you get is MLK.

See https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jeffers...

But MLK also talks about moral obligation and not other forms of obligation.

He was not trying to create a free for all where everyone gets to decide which laws are okay or not, because he (and jefferson) were not complete morons.

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4. l0ng1n+yb[view] [source] 2025-01-22 01:35:34
>>DannyB+D7
Touche, however there is plenty of evidence of people throughout history making this assertion, including MLK.

He was trying to create a more just, egalitarian society. I don't understand how you can consider acting in accordance with leading research on successful drug policy "moronic"?

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