[Free-sklyarov-uk] Bruce Perens

[Alistair Davidson]

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On Wednesday 24 July 2002 2:41 pm, Jim Peters wrote:
>
> Getting freaked out about breaking the law is pretty meaningless when
> loads of people are breaking it daily as a matter of course and
> thinking nothing of it.  (This assuming that you believe you have a
> valid moral position in taking those actions, and that the law is
> inappropriate, ill-conceived or corrupt).

Of course the point (or if you're less cyncial than I, the unintended effect)
of laws that a large part of the population breaks in going about their daily
business is that if you ever want to arrest someone for non-criminal
behaviour, you can usually find something to nail them with. Timothy Leary's
case is a good example of that, he got decades in jail for having half a
joint.

> Doing it publically (as Bruce Perens appears to be doing) can act as a
> perception-shifting exercise -- creating a new reality, believing it
> to be valid, and making it solid.  Enough people holding that reality
> makes the law invalid to some extent, no matter what the people in
> money or power would have us believe.

Heh, a guy I know once went to jail for growing marijuana in the middle of the
street :)

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Alistair Davidson
Prying open your third eye since 1823
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