Praise Jesus

[cbh]

I'm bumping this.

I've encountered a lot of stances that go something like "yea I feel for him but he should have known the law." I think this stance is absurd. I respond by saying that this stance doesn't take into account the impracticality of being expected to know all the laws of your state. It also seems inconsistent, but maybe that's not the right word. If they "feel for him," that represents that they sympathize with something about the case (I assume the injustice) but in the next breath say that the law that administered the injustice should be known and followed. It doesn't make sense.

When I say something along those lines, I get the "well we have laws for a reason" or "so we're picking and choosing which laws to follow now huh?" lines. Am I talking with retards, or am I the one not getting it?