My only issue here is "but don't decide to take the law into your own hands...it's not your decision."
It's unfortunate that people feel that laws are simply things that are imposed on us by above and are outside our power. You don't simply bend over for the law to screw you over. Laws are there to be changed, they are there to be improved and prevented so that we can all benefit from them in the right way.
Exactly. Jury nullification is a long-standing (and some argue necessary) part of democratic systems of justice. Basically, if laws are stupid and imposed on us by powerful people, juries should just refuse to enforce them.
It is too bad this has fallen by the wayside. In general I think "it's the law" is a terrible reason to do anything: all it really does is shift the cost curves. Businesses routinely break the law when the fine is less than the money they make, but if regular people do the same thing suddenly it's Eeeevil.
It's unfortunate that people feel that laws are simply things that are imposed on us by above and are outside our power. You don't simply bend over for the law to screw you over. Laws are there to be changed, they are there to be improved and prevented so that we can all benefit from them in the right way.
But hey, if you want to bend over, be my guest.