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Just a quick note on the Stevenson article...
The title indicates the tongue in cheek nature of its content and while it makes some good points I suspect it's essentially proposing an absurd solution as the most logical in an absurd situation.
This is done in an effort to get people thinking straight and seeing the absurdity (as per Johnathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet 'A Modest Proposal (For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick')).
I have sympathy with the notion that submission to law is made more comfortable when you have faith in the justice system - which we've found to be sadly lacking, but using this rhetorical device is brave given the way some elements of Publick* are likely to read it.
(*I like that spelling, it has a slightly pejorative ring to it)