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Subject: Re: 55mph and tailgateing
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 18:38:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 18:38:33 1983
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    I agree wholeheartedly with Laura Creighton about the roles of
morality and law, and have very little to add to what she said.  One
thing that should be mentioned is that there is a peculiar paradox
associated with the issue.  Every existing government denies that
morals can supercede law, yet every existing government, most
definitely including the American, was created by people who felt that
their definitions of morality took precedence over the laws of the
time.  That is, every government forbids revolution although it was
born of revolution.

    I don't have any big conclusions to draw drom this, except perhaps
that for a revolutionary to create a government with laws is
hypocritical, but I am a fan of paradoxes and thought I would share
this with the many net readers who feel similarly.

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Tim Maroney
duke!unc!tim (USENET)
tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill