On 11/22/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > Have I misrepresented your politics in some way?
Yes. > For example you think the government should ban gay marriage. This is > essentially saying that you favor government intrusion into private > lives. No I don't. Marriage today is between a man and a woman. You want to change it and I don't see what the need is. If civil union will allow for the same rights then there is no intrusion. > Further, a few days ago, you said you thought it was > government's role to set moral examples for our children. No I said it's the government's role to protect our moral standards if threatened. > I'm simply contrasting that with me, a civil libertarian: I think the > gov't's role is to protect, defend, and preserve my liberties. If 2 > adults want to get married, that's no business of government. So why do you care? Find a place that'll marry them and be done. Oh, you want the government to sanction your definition of marriage. See there's the problem. You want to define what the government does without asking the people. > If an > adult wants to use drugs, that's no business of government. I don't care about using the drugs if you stay in the house and don't harm anyone till you come down. But how did you get the drugs? How many people died in the drug wars even at the street level every day. I used to live a few blocks 74th street station in Long Island City where they averaged one murder a day because of drugs until they moved in the mobile police station. You think the cops were wrong? > If 2 > adults want to engage in prostitution, that's no business of > government. Why can't I sell food from the trunk of my car on a street corner? Board of health has to regulate it to protect the people. Prostitution is legal in Nevada where it's regulated and very expensive. If you want cheap go to the inner city and find a crack whore. They pose a health risk and should be illegal. > Government exists to protect those liberties, not to teach some > arbitrary moral lesson. > You can spin that anyway you want. I say they were needed to protect Schiavos rights to live and you said they needed to mind their business to protect Mr Schiavos right to murder. Then you also wanted Bush to be in New Orleans day one of Katrina while first response is the states job. You claim to be Libertarian but seem to pick and choose your fight to always line up with the left. I find that odd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:183680 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
