Breaking the Law Debate
This cluster centers on arguments about whether it's justifiable to break laws, especially when compliance is difficult, inconvenient, or not enforced, with most commenters opposing such rationalizations and advocating strict adherence to the law.
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For some reason it is ok to break the law in this case.
Difficulty doing something legally doesn't justify breaking the law.
So you're saying it's fine to break the law of you don't get found out?
People can break laws. By your logic I guess we shouldn't have laws then.
The point is breaking the laws though
Ah, so that's why it's okay to break the law!
How about just not breaking laws anyway?
"I'm breaking the law, but I don't want to get in trouble" is a sad excuse, not a legitimate reason.
You're basically saying that if a law makes something impossible, then it's OK to ignore the law?
Not if they are acting outside the bounds of the law.