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According to the speaker, the just laws should be obeyed while the unjust ones should be disobeyed and resisted by responsible individuals. However, as far as I am concerned, laws cannot be simply distinguished into just and unjust. If a law no longer achieves its original function, that of to orderly govern a society, due to the development of that society, then people can amend it instead of blindly resisting it.
In the first place, it is impractical to distinguish laws into just and unjust. Law serves in a variety of functions, for instance, against crimes （考虑到与后面一致，是否应该改成 prevention against crimes?), the resolution of disputes, the limitation of （to the意思更合适吧) powerin government, and it is also used to govern a society and to control the behavior of its members. In some nations, the death penalty may be seen as an effective law against crimes, while in other nations, it may be seen as unjust based on humanitarian reasons. However, the death penalty cannot simply be distinguished into just and unjust for every nation has their own situation. As long as a law is helpful to govern a society, it should not be disobeyed. Besides, to different groups of people, the standard to judge whether a law is just or not is also different. Even in a well-ordered society, people have disagreement and conflict arises (前面有个have，后面为什么是arises?). The law must provide a reasonable way to resolve these disputes peacefully, although it may seem as unjust to some people.
Furthermore, if all the people disobeyed laws not in favor of for their own interests, the society would not be peacefully (peaceful), orderly or stable. For example, the law in Canada states that drivers must drive their cars on the right-hand side of a two-way street. If people choose random(删） at random which side of the street to drive on, driving would absolutely be dangerous and chaotic. Or consider the Food Chemicals Codex, constituted by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. If the food manufacturer disobeyed these laws in order to greatly increase their profits, unwholesome （个人觉得这个词用得比较好） food would exist in the food market and the American citizens may get severely harmed.
Last but not least, if the law cannot keep pace with the needs of contemporary society, it should be amended through rational means instead of being blindly resisted.Despite the best intensions （intentions), laws are sometimes constituted that people later recognize as being unjust or unfair. In a democratic society, laws are not carved in stone, but reflect the changing need of contemporary society. During the Civil war, Lincoln enacted the law that entitled equal rights to the blacks. Such laws as were modified in that instance should be modified (corrected,减少用词重复）, for laws serve for the development of society and the insurance of organized orders. As society advances unceasingly, the unenlightened laws should also be continuously amended.
In the final analysis, if a law cannot keep pace with the development of society, then some essential measures should be taken to amend it. However, if it can match the requirement of social progress, every individual should unconditionally obey it.（结尾差一点，应该是对整篇文章的总结，而不仅仅是对最后几个段落的总结）
框架清晰，观点明确，思路很好，例子也很充分，值得学习
开头和结尾有点问题，总觉得开头包的内容太多，结尾太仓促
注意个别词的用法和拼写
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发表于 2009-7-16 23:09:36
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