Every individual in society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.
One of the most commonly heard teachings while growing up is that rules are made for a reason, and that obeying the law is part of being a responsible and cooperative member of society, all to achieve the greater good. However, this is often based on the flawed assumptions that the governments who created these laws did so purely in the best interests of the people, without any selfish political intentions, misjudgments and greed behind them. Therefore, I do strongly agree with the sentiment presented in the statement, and also believe that the law should be followed at our own discretion.
Firstly it is commonly agreed that common criminal laws such as anti-homicide, anti-theft and robbery legislations are an integral part of maintaining an orderly and safe society for everyone, and should definitely be followed. The boundaries of these laws, however, becomes blurry when it comes to highly divisive issues such as religious freedom, gender equality, marijuana usage and sexual orientation. In this case, different governments would have very different opinions on what legislation would ensure the common good. In most Western, relatively liberal countries or states, such as Canada and the UK, all of the above stated issues are perfectly legal and actively encouraged. However, in highly conservative, non-secular countries such as Saudi Arabia, acts defying religious scriptures are viewed by governments as no different from violent crime, and should warrant similarly harsh punishments. People who commit to other religions and sexualities often receive disproportionately heavy sentences e.g. death penalties, stoning, life in prison etc, even though from a practical viewpoint, leaving them alone would not lead to any detrimental impact on society comparable to that of violent criminals. In fact it often incites more hatred, injustice and social immobility within the country. It is therefore imperative for people belonging to these marginalized communities, along with their sympathisers, to stand up against these laws stemming from antediluvian thought which are no longer relevant in modern times, in hopes of achieving positive change for future generations. A successful example would be the granting of rights to drive for women in Saudi Arabia after decades of peaceful protests and resistances. It can be seen that by resisting laws, the people have the power to keep governments in check and amend faulty, archaic and irrational laws and achieve the same goals that proper laws were supposed to accomplish.
Another point is the fact that the governments, along with lawmakers are often susceptible to negative influences, often from political lobbyists and corrupt businesses. Manufacturing and oil companies for example can bribe governments into implementing legislations that maximise their own profits while causing significant detrimental impact to the rest of society, such as the right to release toxic waste into rivers, which not only damages the environment, but also the livelihoods of several fishermen and farmers nearby. A conscientious, moral decision in this case is therefore to resist and actively rally against such laws. Besides external influences, problems could also arise from within the government itself, from either partisan conflicts or complete submission to a radical dictator. As shown by history, many who opposed and defied the cruel anti-semitic laws during the Nazi era in hopes of saving the lives of the innocent were all honoured as heroes, with the most notable example being Schindler. It is therefore during these times when one has to exercise their own judgement and stand on the right side of history even if it means going against the law and being seen as a traitor by your very own people.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, e.g., first, firstly, however, if, similarly, so, therefore, while, as to, for example, in fact, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 33.0505617978 103% => OK
Preposition: 80.0 58.6224719101 136% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3197.0 2235.4752809 143% => OK
No of words: 592.0 442.535393258 134% => OK
Chars per words: 5.40033783784 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.93265142912 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92299388276 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 330.0 215.323595506 153% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.557432432432 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 1008.9 704.065955056 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 12.0 4.38483146067 274% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 31.0 23.0359550562 135% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 66.4841638612 60.3974514979 110% => OK
Chars per sentence: 168.263157895 118.986275619 141% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.1578947368 23.4991977007 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.52631578947 5.21951772744 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.97078651685 60% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.134396419221 0.243740707755 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.039239357878 0.0831039109588 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0471837519784 0.0758088955206 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.101919851242 0.150359130593 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0386362831926 0.0667264976115 58% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.6 14.1392134831 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 31.55 48.8420337079 65% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.6 12.1743820225 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.63 12.1639044944 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.38 8.38706741573 124% => OK
difficult_words: 195.0 100.480337079 194% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 11.8971910112 151% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.2143820225 128% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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