issue17

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Issue17 自由女神小组 第2次作业
When we were children, we were always taught to distinguish between the right things and the wrong ones, admonished to do the good and curse the bad. Hence when it comes to laws, it is natural to classify them into just and unjust ones. Consequently, obey the just laws and disobey or resist the unjust ones. However, laws in a society are a complicate system. We can not simply judge whether a law is just or not. Even if there are some flaws in a law, we can find proper ways to improve it other than disobeying or resisting it, because such behaviors usually cause chaos. Our society is governed by a series of regulations When people encountered some troubles, they can resort to laws for some help. In a sense, it is laws that make our society move forward smoothly.
To begin with, different people have different views toward the social problems because of their different value systems and interest in the legal issue at hand. As for a so- called “just laws”, different people have different standards. A law considered the representation of justice in one person’s opinion may be full of hostilities according to another one. Therefore it is not feasible to mark laws with just and unjust. This is especially true when it comes to personal freedom. Take the controversial issue of abortion which has been debated in recent years for example, those who consider abortion unjust claim that it deprives the rights of a unborn life ,While those who maintain its fairness arguer that the will of an individual is more important than the human rights. Up to now, the controversy has not yet end up with an agreement and the legitimacy of abortion is set up in some countries and forbidden in other countries. So, under such condition the main function of laws is to balance all kinds of competing interests among citizens.
Admittedly, just as everything has it two sides, good and bad aspects. there are inevitably something partial in our laws and they may damage some people’ interests especially those who are not in power. For example, when it comes to racial and sexual issues, laws in some nations protect some people’ privilege and not giving any consideration to the rest whose rights can not be entirely ensured. Such issues will be modified or amended in a short-term or long-term future by a peace way including expressing their opinions to the government and negotiating with them. If people who consider the laws unfair to them resist  or disobey them, it may cause instability to our society and even damage the peace which many people are longing for.
What is more important than a perfect law, which never exists, is the respect of the law by citizens in our society whether there are just or not for them. Only in such a society can stability be achieved and better laws be made to keep the society in a comfortable balance. Without such a sanctification of laws, a society will slide back into a “forest” where the most power have the final say. Image everyone has the responsibility to resist the laws which they consider unjust at the same time everyone has the responsibility to establish the laws which they consider just. Whose goals will be achieved? Only those who are powerful enough. Furthermore since the laws laid are not respected by other people, the powerful people can only rule with their power, then we have kings and queens again.
In short, if society is a train, laws are the rails along which train can run forth. it is our responsibility to obey the laws at hand and help the government to improve their fairness. Only by this means can our benefits and rights be assured at the utmost.

[ 本帖最后由 蔓草菊 于 2007-1-5 16:33 编辑 ]

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When we were children, we were always taught to distinguish between the right things and the wrong ones, admonished to do the good and curse the bad. Hence when it comes to laws, it is natural to classify them into just and unjust ones. Consequently, obey the just laws and disobey or resist the unjust ones. However, laws in a society are a complicate system. We can not simply judge whether a law is just or not. Even if there are some flaws in a law, we can find proper ways to improve it other than disobeying or resisting it, because such behaviors usually cause chaos观点. Our society is governed by a series of regulations When拼写错误，小写 people encountered some troubles, they can resort to laws for some help. In a sense, it is laws that make our society move forward smoothly.开头段写得不错，用自己小时候的例子引出，结构清楚，表明了自己的观点不管法律是否公正我们都该遵守

To begin with, different people have different views toward the social problems because of their different value systems and interest in the legal issue at hand. As for a so- called “just laws”, different people have different standards. A law considered the representation of justice in one person’s opinion may be full of hostilities according to another one. Therefore it is not feasible to mark laws with just and unjust.观点，认为法律是公正的或不公正的是不可靠的 下面用堕胎的例子说明在有些国家堕胎是合法的，有些国家不和法This is especially true when it comes to personal freedom. Take the controversial issue of abortion which has been debated in recent years for example, those who consider abortion unjust claim that it deprives the rights of a unborn life ,While those who maintain its fairness arguer that the will of an individual is more important than the human rights. Up to now, the controversy has not yet end单复数有点问题吧 up with an agreement and the legitimacy of abortion is set up in some countries and forbidden in other countries. So, under such condition the main function of laws is to balance all kinds of competing interests among citizens.conclusion,本段论证非常清楚，写得很不错

Admittedly, just as everything has it two sides, good and bad aspects. there大写 are inevitably something partial in our laws and they may damage some people’ interests especially those who are not in power. For example, when it comes to racial and sexual issues, laws in some nations protect some people’ privilege and not giving any consideration to the rest whose rights can not be entirely ensured. 这个例子有点问题吧Such issues will be modified or amended in a short-term or long-term future by a peace way including expressing their opinions to the government and negotiating with them. If people who consider the laws unfair to them resist  or disobey them, it may cause instability to our society and even damage the peace which many people are longing for.
What is more important than a perfect law, which never exists, is the respect of the law by citizens in our society whether there are just or not for them. Only in such a society can stability be achieved and better laws be made to keep the society in a comfortable balance. Without such a sanctification of laws, a society will slide back into a “forest” where the most power have the final say. Image everyone has the responsibility to resist the laws which they consider unjust at the same time everyone has the responsibility to establish the laws which they consider just. Whose goals will be achieved? Only those who are powerful enough. Furthermore since the laws laid are not respected by other people, the powerful people can only rule with their power, then we have kings and queens again.没看明白你要说什么,当权者建立不公正的法律来维护他们的利益统治人们，人们就该遵守？这样就不会引起骚乱？

In short, if society is a train, laws are the rails along which train can run forth. it is our responsibility to obey the laws at hand and help the government to improve their fairness. Only by this means can our benefits and rights be assured at the utmost.我们应该遵守法律，不管公正还是不公正的，结尾和段首相呼应

说实话，我看了好几遍才明白你要说什么，我觉得尽量把观点放前面写明确点让人觉得好懂，最好以后把提纲也发上来，还有我觉得你写这个方便可能会有点争议，好像这些例子不能说服读者，当然啦，文章写得是非常不错的，连接词也用得比较多，句子很通顺

蔓草菊UID: 2195399

谢谢你的修改啊，不光是你费解，我写完后自己在看的时候也觉得头蒙蒙的，感觉自己的观点好像站不住脚