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Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:17:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > While in college I met a 20-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome;
> > > she had only a single chromosome,
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> > Wow. Even amoebas have more than that, IIRC.....
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> Well, I did mention that she was short.
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> Should have read "only a single X chromosome."
Sorry-- couldn't resist:-)
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> In any case, you didn't address the salient point that under the too-broad
> law you seem to support, the woman's rights to expression would be curtailed
> simply because she appears younger than she really is.
It is an interesting scenario. I am not for the government restricting the
rights of adults so much as I am concerned about protecting minors from
disgusting things adults like to do. Although she *is* free to express herself
in such a way, I would hope that she would be intelligent enough to do it in
another more productive manner (for society).
There is a cycle here. 1) Children get abused, which 2) screws them up mentally
and then 3) they become tomorrow's social deviants. If our society can shield
our youth from such filth and violence, it is my hope that the cycle can be
broken.
But when our *society* starts accepting deviant behavior *as normal*, then I see
no hope for the future-- each generation becomes more polluted than the
previous.
We are the greatest country in the world because we are free, and that will be
our own undoing, because we are not *taking the responsibility* that comes with
that freedom.
Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand.
-John
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> Dave!
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> FUT back to ot.debate, in hope of getting some kind of answer.
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| (...) Nicely said! The second someone's actions negatively impact on someone else, is where the line is drawn. If a person gets his kicks by reading dirty magazines, he has the freedom to do so. If he leaves the magazine laying around for kids to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: While in college I met a 20-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome; (...) Wow. Even amoebas have more than that, IIRC..... (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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