Wouldn't defining a 12 year old as an adult be immoral in our culture, unless of course you're Justice Ginsberg?
You call me Mr. Minutia so I'll have to call you Mr. Blurry. You are the one setting the boundaries for "The Golden Rule" You pick and choose which moral standards are acceptable and consider the ones you don't personally like religious persecution. I'm trying to get it in your thick skull there is a very blurry line defining The Golden Rule. It needs to be interpreted and whenever anything is interpreted there will be disputes. Problem with you is you don't bend and you think you're always right. See how that can be a problem when it comes to a dispute? On 11/22/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > Mr. Minutia, of course! Sam doesn't understand that for the gov't to > protect the private rights of adults, it must define "adult". > His broader point, which he is having trouble articulating but I agree > with, is that the principle of protection of personal liberties, > colloquially referred to as The Golden Rule, is a social and legal > "moral". > > Where we part ways is that he feels that since the gov't is protecting > The Golden Rule, which is technically a moral, it should also protect > all manner of other arbitrary morals (apparently as defined by him). > > I argue that in extending gov't protection beyond The Golden Rule, the > gov't violates that rule, therefore no other morals are ... morally > protectable. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183815 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
