Re:Bodega cats make New Yorkers' hearts purr, even if they v...
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday April 06, 2025 @01:37PM
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> If you think "I mostly follow the law except for this one rule I don't like" you didn't get it, you are just not a civilized person
You’re really calling the likes of Rosa Parks uncivilised [1]?
If the law is illegal or wrong, there is no higher calling than getting it overturned. There are two ways to do that in America: through the legislature and through the courts. To access the latter, you need a violation. (There is technically a third: not enforcing it. But that actually is a breakdown in the rule of law.)
You’re really calling the likes of Rosa Parks uncivilised [1]?
If the law is illegal or wrong, there is no higher calling than getting it overturned. There are two ways to do that in America: through the legislature and through the courts. To access the latter, you need a violation. (There is technically a third: not enforcing it. But that actually is a breakdown in the rule of law.)
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks