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Because law makers are flawed. They are human and sometimes pass legislation that is wrong. Plain and simple. There are more then enough examples of this in the United States, the Constitution allows for slavery and refers to Slaves as less of a person. Nevermind treating women as inferior by denying them the vote. What about that is moral or right?
I think we might be able to find a few examples of bad legislation in UK history. Heck, lets take a good long look at Germany pre-WWII.
The fact that in your mind you somehow equate "I read my Kindle on a plane during take off" with "You must be ok with people who burgal your home" or "Its ok to run a red light and kill someone" is silly. Not all laws and rules are not black and white. People who choose to break some rules are not awful people. There are rules that are broken that cause no harm. There are rules that should be broken. To assume that anyone should blindly follow the rules that are laid out because they live in a democracy is to cede far too much power to the hands of the legislator. When you do that you end up with some pretty awful circumstances and far more people hurt.
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