Blog 5

How does Thoreau deal with unjust laws?
-Thoreau deal with unjust laws by having lectures on how bad the government is to the citizens, and he gives lectures at the Concord Lyceum on “Civil Disobedience”. Which he “urges people of conscience which he wants people with moral goodness and fairness to actively resist a government that acted badly”(Thoreau 135). Thoreau disagree with any law or government that’s unfair to the individuals. I agree with Thoreau because why should there be a law that citizens have to pay poll-taxes just to support a war which most of the citizens don’t support or oppose against the war against Mexico. Thoreau had to make sacrifices that caused him to be in jail for a day for not paying his taxes “He oppose any government that is not totally just, totally moral, and totally respectful of the individual” (Thoreau 135). “Children of Washington and Franklin sit down with their hands in their pocket and not know what to do”(Thoreau 141). For that statement he made I believe that Thoreau had to make a stand based on opposing to slavery and the war, because no one else wasn’t. I think it was wrong how the state made Thoreau a criminal just because Civil Disobedience was published. Thoreau really didn’t think about the sacrifices that he would have to suffer from, and that’s what I liked about him because he wanted fairness from the government and if no one wouldn’t speak up who would, and it takes someone brave like Thoreau to take a stand to the government. Thoreau wasn’t selfish he just wanted himself and other citizens to be treated fairly.