Thread: Anyone a member of SSANZ or The NZ NSA?

Originally Posted by krewzr

Well AAB285 is a law. You have said that you are intending to comply with that law, but also that you would not comply with a law that restricted your Sunday morning sleep in.

I wanted to find out what you take into consideration and how you decide which laws to comply with and which you choose to disobey. I also wanted to know your view on how other people ought to make those decisions. Really the question is, how far does the government have to go, before you make a personal decision to say "NO"

I suppose I do not understand how people can criticise others who might make a well considered personal moral decision not to comply with AAB285 but at the same time, they would resort to civil disobediance if deprived of a sunday morning lay in.

How do we decide as individuals when to withdraw our consent to government infringement of our rights... and unless an individual can honestly say that he or she would obey every law without question, even one that demands their prescence at the nearest state gas chamber, how can it be right to claim the moral high-ground and denigrate a person or organisation who disobeys what is considered a clearly unjust and irrational law? It all seems a little hypocritical don't you think?

If you do not wish to comply with AAB 285 then that's your prerogative and I have not, nor will I criticize you or anyone else for doing so. As adults, I believe everyone can make up their own mind about what's wrong and what's right. Personally I have far more important things to worry about and now is not the time for me to entertain political martyrdom - as noble as the cause may be.