Claim: An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. (88)
A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. (88)
Agreement: You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern.
I am grateful to God that, through the influence of the Negro church, the way of nonviolence became an integral part of our struggle. (92)
Disagreement: In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? (90)
Actually, time itself is neutral; it can be used either destuctively or constructively. (90)
Recommendation: Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. (91)
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. (90)
It is reported that individuality is important in the youth years of childhood and adolescence. Students should be able to express their ideas and opinions, but when does this expression cross the line? Many students in public elementary, middle, and high schools display their views, likes, and dislikes through the clothes that they wear in school. Due to the amount of inappropriateness exhibited on students’ clothing in the recent years, many schools have implemented dress codes and have gone as far as to force students to wear a school uniform. After completing 12 years of Catholic school, I believe that unifroms are not as bad as they are made out to be and do not damper a students’ uniqueness. Uniforms prevent the problem of deciding what to wear everyday and end the competition between students of what everyone is wearing.
