[mikem170]

>Under your logic, any time the government breaks a law and harms me, I am automatically entitled to disregard the law as well and retaliate.

I would reword that to say "any time the government breaks a law and harms me, I HAVE THE OPTION to disregard the law as well and retaliate."

That's just the way it is. It may be stupid to fight your government, but if they beat you down enough you may look at that as your best option.

The question I have about your statement is what do you expect an oppressed people are supposed to do when nothing else works?

Telling them to continue to work within a system that has failed them for hundreds of years seems to be the equivalent of telling them that you don't want to change the status quo.