Nothing like a good rant before you turn in for the night…
A flame war broke out on
A rant is here.
I expect to find an inbox full of flames when I get back from London. Better go clean out the large filesize junk Mozilla doesn’t download before I sign off. G’night all.
http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse
You’re quite right. There’s a big difference between showing an obvious dislike for a law you disagree with, and breaking the law because you disagree with it. Civil disobedience, protests etc. all show distain for a law without spoiling your cause by doing criminal acts.
Case in point, The hunting ban. Now I’m not exactly the most sympathetic person to the fox hunting cause, but I do approve of their protests insofar as they have not broken the law. Of course they have a right to protest and try and get the law changed. Should they continue hunting? It’s an entirely personal choice, IMO. They probably will get arrested, but the choice remains theirs to make.
John Locke said ‘It is the people who decide when a breach of trust has occured, for only the man who deputes power can tell when it is abused.’ The point of democracy is that people can change thing if they don’t like them; Locke thought this was a natural right was even now I believe it’s your right as a citizen to take an active part in politics and if that means opposing laws you think are wrong then so be it.
And I signed up to NO2ID a while back. Assuming they come into force some time after 2010, I’ll probably make the choice to leave the country before I’m forced to carry one.
Comment by paulatpingu | August 19, 2005
Confuzzled; got this one twice, once on the community, once here, you deleted the response there?
I like the Locke quote, must reread him at some point. Meh; emigrating. Germany? They have ID requirements, but the card issimply a reprint of the passport id page, none of this facial scan to allow you to be ID’d from CCTV footage as recently mooted.
Comment by matgb | August 19, 2005
Posted to the community, realised it’s moderated and as I’m not a member the post was unlikely to be allowed through. Posted here in case you didn’t get it cos I’d put some effort in to go find a quote…
Thinking Canada. But it’s a future thing, so may be subject to change. Hopefully not though.
Comment by paulatpingu | August 19, 2005
It’s modded, but posts from non members just get screened until either a mod or the poster unscreens them, so you can post there it just doesn’t show to anyone except thee and me until I click the ‘unscreen’ link at the bottom of the email.
Canada? Too cold, the accent would annoy. Your choice tho I guess.
Comment by matgb | August 22, 2005