Uncle Ken raises a interesting question: "......isn't what is right more important than what the law says? The short answer is no.", but what about the long answer? While the law may be far from perfect, what else have we got to determine right from wrong?
I seem to remember that there was some famous guy, probably a politician, who used to say, "In your heart you know he's right." When people say "Follow your heart.", they really mean "Follow your emotions." That's because it was once believed that emotions originated in the heart, probably because some emotions cause the heart to beat faster, but we now know that this is the effect of emotions rather than their cause. Be that as it may, emotion is certainly one way to determine right from wrong. Another way would be reason, and another way would be religion. The problem with all those ways is that everybody doesn't feel, think, or believe the same as everybody else. Then there's common sense, which implies that it's common among most people, which leads us to majority rule, which leads us to our elected officials, who make, enforce, and interpret the laws. Then there's executive clemency, pardons and commutations. I think the intent behind that is to provide a way out for people who have been wronged by the imperfect legal system, but it can also be used to bail out the executive's friends, be they right or wrong.
How about it guys, do we want to venture into this particular rabbit hole?
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