This message is for all the proud "law abiding citizens" out there. The ones who think that, no matter what any law says, it ought to be followed to the letter. The people who would happily vote "Guilty" on a case of illegally collecting rain water. Or growing a garden in your front yard. Or inhaling a leaf. "Guilty," just because someone in a costume told you it was wrong for them to do those things. "Guilty," despite that person never having harmed an actual victim. "Guilty," ripping a family apart and throwing a peaceful person in a cage, effectively destroying the rest of their lives. "Guilty," despite the knowledge that you are not compelled by any law to vote this way, no matter the evidence. "Guilty," and damn it, you think they got exactly what they had coming to them. What the hell is the matter with you?
Are you really not able to separate the morality of an action from the words written on a piece of paper by some faceless politician you'll never meet? Do you not realize that the "law of the land" is nothing more than the law of men? That these men, especially those who have sought and held positions of power, are nothing more than corrupted tyrants who couldn't care less about your well-being? These people care for only one thing: Their own power. And the worst part is that you know this! Nobody thinks politicians are the most virtuous among us. Everybody knows exactly how crooked they are. How corrupt. How untrustworthy.
Yet somehow, you think it's a great thing when someone is thrown in a cage on the say-so of these monsters.
If a person takes an action that does not cause harm to a victim, it is morally reprehensible to lock that person in a cage. And if you participate in this imprisonment, or even think it is a righteous thing to do, you are the criminal. And on some level, that's okay. Just own it. Stop trying to justify your actions as moral and righteous based on the words of corrupt men.
Of course, I do wish you would reconsider your thought patterns.
In any case, if you find yourself on trial for a victimless "crime" and I find myself sitting on your jury, I will not let your life be destroyed that day. Maybe someday, you can offer me the same courtesy.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." -Thomas Jefferson
"If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." -Henry David Thoreau
