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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

I feel sad that people base what they consider right or wrong or ok or not ok to do simply based on a list of rules they are given externally.

This includes religious laws as well as governmental laws.

I choose what I choose to do based on my own sense of right and wrong and what I feel is best and true for myself.  While consequences for breaking laws plays a part on how I ACT upon those senses of right and wrong, it does not define them in itself.

Drinking alcohol was illegal in the US for awhile too, didn't really stop many people.  So when people say they "won't do something BECAUSE it's illegal" or that something is wrong BECAUSE it's illegal, I just know they haven't actually thought about the situation for themselves and are just going along with whatever lists they have been given.