{"id":1440,"date":"2012-04-17T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2012-07-03T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T23:26:06","slug":"dear-american-public-you-are-mentally-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Dear American public, you are mentally ill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by George Sand<\/em><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The image below of MLK and his famous quote have been circulating the internet for some time now. Perhaps MLK did not mean to make such a broad, unqualified statement, but I find this statement to be patently incorrect. Taking this sentiment literally and to its logical conclusion would necessarily mean that regardless of my wishes, I have a moral obligation to jaywalk every chance I get, use every illegal drug possible, drink on the beach, buy alcohol for people under 21, gamble, carry a gun without a permit, among other such absurdities. Since resisting illegal arrest is prohibited by law in almost all 50 states, if I were ever wrongly arrested, according to Martin Luther King, I would be morally bound to resist my unlawful arrest, and likely get shot and killed in the process.<\/p>\n

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by George Sand Martin Luther King Jr. once said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The image below of MLK and his famous quote have been circulating the internet for some time now. 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