| TheRealMafoo said: If you don't agree with a law, like drug use in America for example, do you think it's better to ignore it, or work to change it? |
It depends how far the law deviates from my set of ethics and what the punishment for the crime is. I would break a law if I thought the law violated my freedom (and by freedom I mean right to vote, free speech, etc.), but if something was trivial to me I'd just assume follow the law than be faced with fines or jail time.
The rule of law is an extension of the accepted ethics of society. If a law goes against the ethics of a majority of people, then that law is obsolete and measures should be taken to overturn it. If it is impossible to overturn a such a law, then the upkeep of that law is unjust and undemocratic and should be broken.
There is no difference between Zedalya breaking the law the and the protestors in Iran breaking the law. The difference here is, for your own interests, you want the protestors in Iran to succeed but you want Zedalya to fail.
