On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Mark] > While I like progress, sometimes it is in the wrong direction. An > increasingly > overly intrusive government is one such wrong direction. > > [Arlo] > And you feel that dismantling the separation of church and state will > curtail > government intrusion??? > > As I mentioned last time, those railing against government intrusion the > loudest are also the ones seeking to use the government to coerce others to > behave like them. This is like the mother in the school I mentioned. They > have > NO trouble with intrusions like deny Muslim the freedom to wear a veil, or > making flag burning a federal crime, or having the government define who > you > can marry. It is simple substituting coercion upon them with coercion upon > others. > > There is no doubt that government, left unchecked, can slip towards > totalitarianism. But government is also a safeguard AGAINST intrusion. The > First Amendment specifically defined a wall that protected you FROM > coercion. > And that's the kicker, the people who most vocally want to tear down this > wall > WANT to do so to coerce others. > > Again, its like the woman who wanted "creationism" in school... nobody > else's > "creationism", mind you, just HERS. This defines Tea Baggery to the "Tea" > (as > it were). > > [Mark] Yea, I'm am against those guys too, all of them. In my interpretation, the bill of rights was to prevent coercion from a Government. But, what do I know, not my field of expertise. It occurs to me that you do not know what the Tea Party is about. Creationists? Pro-lifers? Gun toting Neanderthals? I think not; I suggest you stop watching MSNBC, unless you want to Lean Forward (and not for some soap). I don't have the patience to explain it. Over and out. > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
