Let me begin by stating that I am not an anarchist and I do not always subscribe to the old saying, "Rules were made to be broken." However, I do believe that unjust laws and rules have been (and will be) created. When this occurs, I believe it is our moral obligation to do everything in our power to have those laws and rules repealed. Furthermore, I also believe that, on occasion, it is appropriate to violate those unjust laws and rules because they do not further the good of the community and/or enhance the development of moral virtue of all citizens.
Now, in order to keep this from turning into a political philosophy lecture or debate, I will get to the main point of this blog posting. Last week I was telling a friend of mine about my Seminar in Intellectual Freedom class and he sent me a link to a post on Yahoo! Answers. To summarize, the post was supposedly written by a Catholic high school student who is running an underground library out of their locker; the covert collection contains books that have been banned by the schools administrators. Some of the titles the student makes available to the "library's" arcane patrons are: Animal Farm, Grimm's Fairy Tales (Unabridged), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. At any rate, I thought it was a novel, interesting, and virtuous idea and I fully support the student's endeavor. What do you think?
Viva la revolution!
