I asked before, and forgive me, but I didn't get a straight answer - what is it that you say they did?
As far as "I technically created it", well there's no way you can ascribe the authorship of any laws that precedes my birth. Nor, do I feel responsible for any laws authored by the senator from CA, or even the senator from IN. We're not a true democracy. And if we were, Would I not still be obligated to abide by a law even if I voted nay?
I'm still not seeing an "out" just because the form of government is different.
They purposely violated laws. That was, literally, what their movement was based on. Was that right?