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MLeake · January 12, 2013, 05:13 PM

I doubt that, too, but my point was about the hypocrisy of those who assume that if they like a law, it should apply, but thumbing one's nose at other laws is romantically heroic.

(FWIW, I approve of Harriet Tubman breaking the law, but I think Thoreau was a bit of a windbag.)

January 12, 2013, 05:13 PM	#36
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	I doubt that, too, but my point was about the hypocrisy of those who assume that if they like a law, it should apply, but thumbing one's nose at other laws is romantically heroic. (FWIW, I approve of Harriet Tubman breaking the law, but I think Thoreau was a bit of a windbag.)