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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by wskinner on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:10PM (#9785604)
Why shouldn't people willfully ignore unfair laws? Isn't there quite a bit of that sort of behavior in the history people fighting for civil and economic rights?
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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by toomuchtodo on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:14PM (#9785637)
Immoral? Yes. Unfair? Laws will sometimes be unfair. Citizen's rights trump consumer demands.
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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by wskinner on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:43PM (#9785919)
Who gets to decide what's immoral and what is only unfair? And just because a French person puts on his consumer hat, does he suddenly cease being a citizen? By granting monopoly rights to one group (the taxi industry) you limit the rights of another group (everyone who wants to get from point A to point B). If the war on drugs, gay marriage, and free love teach us anything, it's that violence can't stop consenting adults from transacting with each other.
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Re:French government orders Uber taxi ban after protests by toomuchtodo on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:44PM (#9785932)
> Who gets to decide what's immoral and what is only unfair?

A government, as governed by its citizens. That's what laws are for.

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