G - I agree that the government shouldn't legislate morality. But not for the reasons you stated. People are going to do what they want, regardless and I'd rather see the government spend it's time doing something useful like trimming the budget rather than worrying about what kind of trim is in my bedroom.
And besides, what's wrong with smoking a joint, eating a twinkie and going to bed. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: [QUARRANTINE] RE: I'm surrounded! > MS wrote: > I have said before, I don't believe that any person can define his own > preferences, but it is up to the people who live in a nation to define the > morals of that nation. Here's your misunderstanding: only theocracies decide morals, democracies decide rights. There's a HUUUUUGGGGGEEEE difference. For example, you might say, "murder is immoral that's why it's illegal". NO! Murder is illegal because it violates the *rights* of the individual it's committed against. The same is true of stealing, etc. You see, this is the genius of our form of government: we're not tied to one arbitrary world view such as Christianity. The electorate has no business legislating morality and doing so is, itself, a perversion, immoral, and offensive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180601 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
