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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Does that mean you think gay sex was wrong for many years, and is now not-wrong? Is it wrong to be Christian in a country where it's forbidden? Was it wrong for the underground railroad to help slaves escape their legal owners?
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Yes, it *IS* illegal to be Christian in those countries - subject of course to whether those 'filthy Christians' pay their dhimmi tax. (I've never understood why America is wrong for having once-in the past-been a slavery nation, but it's A-Okay for muslim countries to own slaves and impose dhimmi.)
And yes, it *was* a prosecutable crime ot help slaves to freedom. (Thank goodness slavery's no longer legal in the U.S.)
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In many cases, laws are challenged by breaking them. If enough people don't have a problem with breaking a law, that shows that public opinion about "what is wrong" has shifted faster than the laws can change--or that the laws are controlled by people who have resources to promote their own interests, regardless of what the public believes.
I'm not saying "ebook sharing is okay;" just pointing out that "illegal = morally wrong" has some serious problems.
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Black is White. Up is Down. Wrong is Right.
Derek