Peaceful resistance to laws certainly impacts a free society. In our world today, especially currently, this resistance has occurred considering specific laws …show more content…
With any skewed form of resistance with unclear motives and intentions, the resistance can create barriers and weaknesses within a free society. So, is it right to break the law? Maybe we could ask Huckleberry Finn who risked his own life for the sake of Jim. Peaceful resistance could be the way to carry our truthful messages across without them being masked by bad intentions or violence. When peaceful resistances are performed under the right context, they can change the path of history in a significant way. Without some of our great resistors like MLK and Rosa Parks, we may not be where we are today; therefore, it can be said that through peaceful resistance, even when we think laws are correct, can shape our moral standing in the world. They can show our culture new ways of thinking and turn our heads towards what are true conscience is trying to tell