Obey the law, because might is right.

So I read about activists protesting against capital punishment. Yawning Bread had a post on a teenager set for the noose for smuggling heroin. His argument was that a lot of countries have abolished capital punishment, thus we should too. Logically, the argument is flawed and it makes no sense to follow in the footsteps of the majority because everyone is doing it.

However, we humans have a very annoying set of rules called morals. Subjective and socially-influenced, morals leaves conflict and arguments in its wake. It's abstract nature is what makes it so cantankerous to deal with. Conflicting morals can never be resolved without one side compromising itself. Here's an example of what I have noticed.

Moral #1: It is immoral to kill.
Moral #2: It is right to execute those who kill others.

You see the dilemma already? To kill or not to kill, that is the question. More often than not, the murderer gets executed without hesitation. Hypocritical bullshit.

A groundless logical fallacy? Not. The pro-life murders happen all the time and they base their actions on the two morals stated above.

This is why I hate it when people pull in morals in arguments. All they have to do in win the crowd over and it's an instant good game, no matter how ludicrous or absurd that rule was in the first place (See rape in the Middle East, apparently it's the woman's fault for tempting the man when she's already wrapped up like a present).

Yawning Bread had his case revolving around a 19 year old drug trafficker, with the standard pity-seeking script of how difficult his life was and how his sick mother is unaware that her son is going to die. Fuck you all, all of you wouldn't even give a damn if he's two years older, and you all would even SUPPORT the idea if they told you that he beats his mother up for money. Seems like when teenagers get involved in a major offense, it is NEVER really his fault. It's either a broken childhood or abusive parents. He was old enough to understand the law, he broke it, he deserved punishment. Simple and direct. Case closed.

So if you want to break the law, don't get caught and when you do, don't make up any excuses because they already told you of the consequences.