As a society, we appear to have abdicated any rights to
critical thinking by allowing the law to become the only arbiter of right and
wrong. If something has been done that is technically legal, then its
correctness is apparently also ensured. We are burdened by the requirements of
democracy and have decided to individually submit to a tyranny so complete that
I am not sure it will be possible to reverse course. Nevermind that those in
power are there for reasons that would not qualify as representative no matter
the model. The laws that are created have become the ultimate arbiter of human
behavior; breaking those laws the only information required for condemnation.
We have surrendered our minds and we worry about the possibility of losing our
guns?
We would willingly accept genocide under the guise of legal
action and condemn the theft of bread to feed hungry children in the name of
the law. The only question asked: did they do anything illegal? If the answer
is no, then no matter how unacceptable the behavior in the context of a civil
society, it must be tolerated.
What hope is there for Good if it can’t be recognized?
It is for law enforcement to uphold the law, it is for the
people to condemn moral offense. Recognizing wrong does not require code, it
requires thought, consideration, empathy, insight, creativity, and
communication.
They may not break the law, but that should not stop the
people from drumming the bastards out.
