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It is. We established this quite clearly in Nuremberg.

• jokethrowaway 6y ago
  You're comparing state sanctioned killing and torturing with sanctioning people trading with each other. The first one is a violent crime against individuals, the second one is basically a tax. I'm against both but they carry a different weight.
  • grumple 6y ago
    Sure, the impact is different. But on the other hand, I try to follow this rule as much as possible: “One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Microsoft is no stranger to breaking laws and certainly has the resources to fight this one, or at least to argue that it shouldn't apply in this case.
    • jokethrowaway 6y ago
      I consider immoral to threaten individuals with jail time unless they give you 40% of their salary. I consider immoral the USA's warmongering and spying on its own citizens. Still, if I don't pay my taxes or if I try to stop the army from going to bomb some poor people in the middle east, I'll be put in jail. If I have a way to sabotage the government which won't ruin my life, I'll do it, but I'll pass on the rest. We're lucky enough not to live in a country that require us to kill people in concentration camps, because we would surely do that. At least, I would do it if I didn't have another choice (but I would also try to desert).