We're felons?

The fact that half of Americans can be defined as felons tells us that the law undoubtedly needs to be changed. I agree with what was brought up in class that because many aspects of the law are unreasonable, people often break it and this can somewhat "desensitize" people to the fact that they are breaking the law and make them feel that it is not a big deal. This reminded me of some history lessons involving Japanese rule over Korea before WWII. (I often heard stories about this topic as I'd lived in Korea for 5 years) I remember hearing people saying that when the Japanese controlled Korea, any Korean that broke the law were treated like heroes since it was an act of standing up to the Japanese government. Many believe that this attitude towards the law that had been created during this time carried over to current times and explains some of the generally careless attitude of the citizens towards the law (more than half a century since Japanese rule ended). One example that comes to mind is when I once took a taxi late at night in Korea the taxi driver ran several red lights when he noticed there were no cars in sight. In Madison I noticed that at midnight the lights all turn into blinking red or yellow lights. Anyway, my point being that laws should be reasonable for people to take them seriously.