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There are rules to being designated a whistle-blower and he didn't follow them.
He did actually try to go through those channels, unsuccessfully, so he was left with no other choice.
That's a far cry from storming the capitol after losing the election to build an even further right state.
What matters to me is the morality of a rule (unreasonable searches, accepting loss), not the fact that a rule was broken.
He didn't get what he wanted so decided to brake the law. Does sound like Trump.
What matters to me is the morality of a rule (unreasonable searches, accepting loss), not the fact that a rule was broken.
You are not in charge of deciding the morality of law. We have courts that decide such matters. What you're really saying is that your feelings about a law is more important than the law itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_unjust_law_is_no_law_at_all
This guy: "Psshhhhh whatever, if it's not a Robocop-like fanaticism for the law, then it's feelings. I am very rational."
@explodicle yeah, @Rapidcreek's argument here hasn't really flown since before Nuremburg.
We are a nation of laws or we are not.