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Re: Ya wanna talk about legislating morality?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 May 2005 15:09:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
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> And fortunately, despite its reputation as being some kind
> of retrograde backwater, Alabama (and even Mississippi) has
> enough decent people that something this broad and kneejerk
> would never get the support it needs to become law.
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> LFB
I hope the 'better minds' will prevail in Texas, where legislation is being
passed in which cheerleaders aren't allowed to 'shake their booty' anymore--
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/05/cheerleaders.law.reut/index.html
In both these issues--the banning of books and the cheerleader thing the
idea--"we're not sure what constitutes 'over the line'" was implied.
Well, you'd better start defining where that line is before you start passing
laws.
Dave K
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| (...) Everyone wants freedom, but no one is willing to take responsibility for their actions, and so the GP is forced to control irresponsible people's behavior through their representatives, their elected government officials. We live in a free (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) "Think of the morality of our women/children/society/etc" has been the cry behind censorship since time immemorial. It's always in the name of "protection." TJ had it right; those who would sacrifice liberty for some small measure of security (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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