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Originally Posted by Midnight
Sorry.. my friends know right from wrong. and there aren't "permissable crimes" Crime is crime. period. You don't obey the laws, you get punished. you don't like the laws, you run for office and try to change them. You need money, you work for it or you ask to borrow it.
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Legally, there aren't any 'permissible' crimes, but I'd label a neighbor privately smoking pot as a '
morally permissible' crime. I wouldn't feel any moral obligation to say anything to any officer of the law about such a crime, even if subpoenaed. And if my knowledge of such crime wasn't a result of any inconsiderate behavior on the part of the accused, then I'd even consider it a moral duty NOT to assist in the prosecution. If s/he doesn't deserve punishment, then I shouldn't help deliver the punishment.