Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put...
by baddox on Sunday October 12, 2014 @04:11AM
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> I said that making decisions at the individual level about which laws are rational and breaking the irrational ones is not feasible.
What do you mean by "feasible"? I am certainly capable of deciding which laws I think are rational and choosing which laws to obey.
> Civil disobedience is almost never undertaken at the individual level, and more specifically it is never successful at the individual level. It is an exercise undertaken by a society.
You seem to be conflating civil disobedience with organized protest or resistance. Civil disobedience is just a deliberate refusal to obey a rule one believes to be a bad rule. It doesn't have to be organized.
You seem to have a disdain for all individual discretion about rules and laws. I disagree, and strongly. Only individuals act, and I think only individuals have the ability and responsibility to choose how to act.
What do you mean by "feasible"? I am certainly capable of deciding which laws I think are rational and choosing which laws to obey.
> Civil disobedience is almost never undertaken at the individual level, and more specifically it is never successful at the individual level. It is an exercise undertaken by a society.
You seem to be conflating civil disobedience with organized protest or resistance. Civil disobedience is just a deliberate refusal to obey a rule one believes to be a bad rule. It doesn't have to be organized.
You seem to have a disdain for all individual discretion about rules and laws. I disagree, and strongly. Only individuals act, and I think only individuals have the ability and responsibility to choose how to act.