> We are going to become a law-less society, so everyone can
> be happy.
Nope... but the laws we have will always be in flux. People will
always be arguing what is and isn't moral and therefore what should or
shouldn't be legal. Which means that to some extent the separation of
church and state can't be absolute, because a person's religion (even
if they choose to be a-religious) will always influence their moral
selection -- but we can limit their mingling.
The problem with the argument above, however is that is makes the
assumption that we've been moving from a place of absolute stringency
steadily toward a goal of absolute instringency. Which isn't the case
- as a culture or society we're always pulling in both directions and
we're always becoming stringent in some ways and instringent in
others. And people are always finding ways to abuse the law to hurt
other people.
A friend of mine was once taken to court because someone claimed that
her son raped their 2-3 yr old baby. They found out that there were
already 2-3 grown men in prison for raping the same baby. What are the
odds? And yet, they were not allowed to present this information as
evidence in court because some group of people felt that presenting
this sort of evidence would in some way infringe upon the mother's
rights. Now there's a law that needs changing - an example of why
censorship is fundamentally evil.
s. isaac dealey 954.927.5117
new epoch : isn't it time for a change?
add features without fixtures with
the onTap open source framework
http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=44477&DE=1
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