Unjust Laws

There is no Defense of Injustice

 We all believe in justice do we not, that laws should be derived from that which is just. Justice should be derived from a simple concept; you do not punish or penalize the innocent for the crimes of another. A law because it exists does not make it just.

 How many laws existed under the Nazi and Soviet regimes, which allowed for the unjust harassment,  arrest, imprisonment, torture and murder of innocent people? The punishment and penalizing of honest people for the crimes of others is not justice nor should it be the result of any law. Being denied your rights would be penalty and punishment and should not be inflicted on the people who have not committed a crime or injustice against another.

"All the tranquility, the happiness & security of mankind rest on justice, on the obligation to respect the rights of others."                                                Thomas Jefferson 

 Unjust laws serve two purposes, to hurt the honest or make criminals of the honest who will not subject themselves to the injustice of those laws. True criminals by chosen path will not obey any law just or unjust simply because it exists or there would be no criminals. Law does not stop crime, it creates new crime. Any law that impedes our abilty to defend ourselves makes us victims, any government who makes us victims through unjust law and the infringement of freedom sets the basis of tyranny not freedom.