Posted by Citizen Bob on 11/04/06 18:14

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:33:58 GMT, Paul Hyett
<pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote:

>>Those laws are illegitimate, and therefore do not bind.

>Even legitimate laws do not bind if they are unpopular enough - like
>Prohibition.

Prohibition was not a legitimate law, precisely for the reason you
give.

The legitimacy of law is based on the consent of the governed. And
that does nor mean a majority either. A single individual can decide
not to obey a law and all it takes is 1 juror to exhonerate him and
create a precedent for common law.

>>It would be a colossal waste of time to sue me because I don't break
>>any law. The Mob has mininterpreted the law and someday Congress will
>>stop taking bribes and do something to rectify the situation.

>BTW Bob, a pig just flew past my window... :)

Congress did something about the attempt on the part of the
entertainment industry to make copying TV shows with a VCR illegal.


--

"First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth
make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or
pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the
outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of
the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do
justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world."
--Clarence Darrow

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