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There's a difference between laws against drugs, or laws against...say...praying. It there were a law, that forced me to do something (or not do something) I found went against my principles, that's a different story. John Sinclair just wanted to get high. Don't act like he was doing something noble.

In reply to this comment by ga16lucino:
I respect what you're saying, but if everyone followed this mindset, nothing would change. Sometimes disobeying unjust laws is the only way to get the ball of change rolling when those who make the laws are either out of touch with reality, or continue to live above the laws they create.

"One may well ask: How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others? The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: There are just and there are unjust laws. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with Saint Augustine that An unjust law is no law at all."
-Dr King


In reply to this comment by deedub81:
It's not okay to break a law that you don't agree with. I don't feel sorry for anyone who knowingly breaks the law and has to serve time as a result.

I don't think it's okay to celebrate criminals. If you don't like a law, there are better ways to protest than to ignore them.

In general, Universities do not enforce these rules. P&T couldn't find a single compelling case to include in the segment - and probably not for lack of trying - so it's fair to say that this probably isn't much of an issue.

In a battle of wits between Noam Chomsky and a magician, always go with Chomsky.


In reply to this comment by ga16lucino:
Well perhaps it isnt directly related to the "strength" of the minority groups. Its related to the entire student body as a whole.

I'd like to know why the colleges are wasting so much time enforcing these questionable rules when they could be focusing on the individual incidents where the use of free speech crosses the conventional lines that we all adhere to in the real world (eg. hate speech, inciting a riot, etc). How are we preparing young people to deal with these situations if we're enforcing these uber PC rules that arbitrarily pick and choose what constitutes "acceptable" speech.

Colleges are preepmtively creating issues that should otherwise be dealt with by the students themselves.