Monday, April 13, 2015

Legality Does Not Imply Justice


Slavery was “legal.”
The subjugation of women was “legal.”
Child labor was “legal.”
Colonialism was “legal.”
Apartheid was “legal.”
Dumping raw sewage into rivers was “legal.”
To be fired from your job because you are gay is “legal” in too many places.
Torturing and brainwashing a gay child is “legal” in far too many places.

Legality is a construct of the powerful, not of justice.

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