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10-29-2007, 03:13 PM | #171 | |
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Sometimes upholding the justness of law itself means disobeying an unjust law. You have to be pretty sure of the law's unjustness though. MLK, the French underground during WW II, the students in Tianemen Square, the monks in Myanmar...
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10-29-2007, 03:22 PM | #174 |
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Put it this way. If people in our religion can't figure out that collaborating with Nazis and genocidal regimes is wrong, I see little point in our religion.
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10-29-2007, 03:23 PM | #175 |
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D&C 134 spells this out.
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10-29-2007, 03:24 PM | #176 |
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