The Epoch Times

Apr 05, 2005

According to a report from the Epoch Times (a global newspaper that publishes in Chinese, English and other languages) on April 5, during a public forum on the "Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party" held in Sydney, Australia, some attendee asked one of the guest panelists, Professor Yuan Hongbing whether he considered it legal for Falun Gong practitioners to intercept public TV network to broadcast information. Professor Yuan said that it is legal and moral. Below is an expert of the report.

Q: Professor Yuan, what is your view regarding the legality of Falun Gong practitioners in China intercepting TV signals and broadcasting information? Did they disrupt people's lives?

Yuan Hongbing: I have heard about the TV interceptions by Falun Gong practitioners in China. First of all, I think these incidents are legal, and their actions are moral, since they are protecting human rights.

Since the time of Aristotle, laws have been categorized as good laws and bad laws. A law is not correct simply because it is called a law. A law itself needs to be legal. What is the purpose of a law? According to the spirit of modern justice, protecting basic human rights is the first goal any good law should achieve. Laws that take away basic human rights from people are bad laws.

There is overwhelming evidence that laws issued by the Chinese Communist Party are terrible laws because the laws deprive Chinese citizens of almost all of their basic human rights, including their right to true information.

The TV interceptions by Falun Gong practitioners are going against bad laws. The practitioners have been promoting just laws that protect freedom of information. Their behavior should be respected, since they are upholding the intent of modern justice.

Source:

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-4-5/27626.html