I think Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers had every right to break the law during their protests. They were persecuted in the most horrible ways and they never led their protests or sit-ins with violence. I think there are a very select views times when we should be able to break the law. Yes, we virtually all break the law in some way everyday, like speeding, but the majortiy of people do not break the law in any extreme way. If a woman is being extremely physically abused by her husband, she should have every right to kill him. Most women feel unsafe by leaving these men, and the only way they feel like they can escape is by him being dead and they should have every right to make this happen. I also read a news article about a woman in michigan who saw her date put a date rape drug in her drink. Once he wasn’t looking she switched the drinks and once he passed out from the drug she put a beer bottle in his rectum. She was put in jail for like 3 years and now has to register as a sex offender. I honestly think she didn’t do anything wrong. If she would have had the drink he would have raped her and put her through just as much, if more pain. In this situation I think she had every right to break the law. (Sorry I know that story was pretty disturbing) The laws are a very important thing for us to have, but at the same time there are reasons some of them should be broken.
Posted by: thompso2 | October 27, 2009
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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