It is true that there are cultures where sex with 12 year olds is ok. This is not one of them, not in any of the subcultures in this country. I am comfortable with that as one of the few rules. Children are children and adults are not.
On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:183818 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
