I read with inter­est the blawr­gu­ment (I might need an inter­ven­tion with all these pseudo-words) regard­ing whether break­ing the law is, in itself, an immoral act. The dis­cus­sion went from pros­e­cu­tor to defender, across the coun­try, and it cov­ered most of the issues, specif­i­cally revolv­ing around the moral­ity of plead­ing not guilty when the defen­dant did com­mit a crime.

The point I found myself pon­der­ing is this: When the found­ing fathers rebelled against the Eng­lish, break­ing the laws of their par­ent nation, did that make them immoral? Are we, as Amer­i­cans, a nation founded on immoral­ity? If not, where lies the difference?