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Investigatory Powers Act: You're not being paranoid. UK.gov really is watching you

Kiwi

Re: Yawn

Maybe if people didn't break the law there wouldn't be a need for law enforcement?

(Inspired by the "how do you know you won't break the law" question by another poster)

What if said law went against something you believe (I'm assuming you're not in some of the US states where apparently it is not possible to not break the law as there are (reportedly) some contradictory laws and to keep one you must break another).

Let's say you're a Seventh Day Adventist (nothing wrong with them) and their belief that a law will soon be made to enforce worship on Sunday rather than on the Sabbath does actually come to pass - would you break the law and worship on the Sabbath or would you break what should be a much higher standard and join the masses in worshipping a false god on Sunday?

Perhaps the law is that something a loved one does that you believe is OK becomes illegal. Something minor, perhaps they have black peppers in their garden and you're supposed to turn such people in? Or they keep ferrets... Or being gay gets outlawed again and they're celibate but still gay...? Would you turn your loved one in for something you believe to be perfectly fine and should be legal, or would you turn a blind eye - thus breaking the law?

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