Interesting ideas. I do think that people MUST be more aware of their own ideas and actually have some type of moral code of their own. However, I think the ideas that laws don't matter is a little generalized. I think in certain situations laws can limit resources that would otherwise give those with perhaps harmful ideals (and I mean harmful to others in a physical sense, such as a mentally unstable person owning an automatic weapon) in a very important way. So a law banning abortion for example wouldn't necessarily stop a woman from getting an abortion but it would in fact make the resources necessary for this process quite difficult and potentially very harmful to the woman.
Just my two cents. Thanks for always sharing through provoking material.