Right On.

If I volunteer often, but only when it is of least inconvienence. Does that make the action any more or less noble than if I only volunteered once but had to give up much to do it?

Can God create a hamburger so big that even he can't sell it to an American?

Rosa Parks could go to jail for sitting in the front of the bus. Doesn't mean that she didn't do the right thing and it doesn't equate her actions to those of driving while intoxicated. Civil disobedience is a bedrock of a free society. It's about doing what is right over what is legal. Yes, if you are caught (and prosecuted) you must pay the consequences... but there is an ethical consideration to every legal decision.

Just because there is a law saying you shouldn't do something, that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. And just because there is a law saying that you should do something, that doesn't mean you should. Laws are made by fallible humans and while they are often made with the best intentions, they tend to have unintended consequences.

I'm all for working to change a bad law, but your black-and-white, law-is-god perspective is a very dangerous one. Everything must be viewed through pragmatic glasses for the most ethical outcome.

It is very healthy to question authority and is in fact the only way toward a better society.

Wow Deadserious, I like your attitude.

ME TOO !

Ditto
The fact is, it's just not that "black and white"....

And I might add that paying to volunteer is pretty nutty. Is picking up trash on the beach considered volunteering? How about helping out at a Saga fundraiser? School fundrasier? Opps!

No, picking up the trash is probably not considered volunteering but rather a bit of civic pride.

But volunteering in a school, the library, the post office, a bar, restaurant, hotel etc would be like taking somebody else's paid position.

A Saga fundraiser is volunteering for a not for profit organization. Although many businesses around here appear to be not for profit too!! Chances are volunteering for one off events probably just require a permit.

Such as when the volunteer doctors and vets come down to visit and offer their services.

Permits don't necessarily cost money but they should be applied for when applicable.

I saw a burger on tv that sells for $5,000 US. And they will even throw in a 2nd burger for free if you have a friend!

I'm sure Rosa Parks would be proud of you DS, you rebel you. A march and speech on Belmopan would probably make a more powerful statement than typing away at home, if your intent is to change the law. I do think the US civil rights movement is a bit different than foreigners breaking the laws of Belize. If it makes you feel better, I guess it makes sense.

But I do agree with you to an extent, as do the hundreds of thousands of Mexicans that illegally cross the US Border every year, breaking US law for very their own very good reasons.

No matter how you paint it or how hard one rationalizes in their own mind (even equating oneself to Rosa Parks), telecommuting in Belize without the proper paperwork is illegal.

While you're in Belmopan please ask them to legalize marijuana, for medicinal reasons only of course.