| Re: Do what is right or do what is legal? [message #541 is a reply to message #282] |
Sun, 24 June 2012 15:33   |
bishop
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Perhaps the question would better be asked, "Can you think of a law this is moral." So much of our lives are dictated by big brother's micro management from speed limits to building codes, from gun control laws to taking away parental rights. The list goes on and on. There are thousands of laws, federal, state and local, many contradicting each other. How can that possibly be moral? Our American governments and most of the world governments have degenerated into catering to the needs and wants of the privileged few. Laws are created to protect large businesses from their competitors. Laws are created to reward constituents of voting blocks. Laws are created to maintain control of political office by destroying political enemies through legislation. Laws are put in place to fix a particular problem and thereby they create a myriad of new problems and necessity for many new laws.
Laws that promote freedom are moral. Laws that protect the basic rights of the individual are moral. Laws that take away our freedoms and rights are immoral. Most laws today fall into the latter category. If George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were alive today, they would be incensed at how we have been hood-winked into giving away our freedoms.
Bishop
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