Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/05/06 09:19

In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sat, 4 Nov 2006, jayembee wrote :
>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.
>
>Yes, they do. Prohibition *was* binding as long as it was the law.
>And it was binding law until Congress amended the Constitution to
>repeal it.
>
Only for drones who blindly obey any law, however unjust, merely because
it exists. Dictators love people like that.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

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