Good point indeed, Joe. But is it not also relevant whether the Laws in question are accepted consensually by the people, being ones that the majority would approve and in general in such societies, legislated by a body explicitly approved for the purpose by a majority of the people; or non-consensual, imposed on the majority be a minority group which has by some means gained power ~~ which can of course occur either in a religious [Inquisition, Sharia] or a secular [Cromwellian Commonwealth, Stalinism, Cultural Revolution] context?

~Michael~