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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 19:12:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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I honestly think that the envelope-pushing,
values-distaining Left will lead us to anarchy.
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and I honestly think that the envelope-pushing, rights-disdaining Religious
Right will lead us to a theocratic dictatorship.
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Well, I will be by your side to see that it doesn’t happen.
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Cool. But I have my doubts.
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Me, I’ll take anarchy over that any day.
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Uh, I don’t think that you’ve fully considered the ramifications of such a
silly statement.
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Uh, don’t be so sure. Theocratic dictatorships are nasty brutish places. I
prefer some government to none, but I prefer none to overarching.
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... but then, I’m a minarchist after all..
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I prefer the least practically possible amount of government(1)
Wikipedia has this definition which
isn’t too bad... Ironically it does say “Minarchists are opposed to anarchism,
believing it naïve and overly simplistic.” (2)...
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... you’ve let the camel’s nose in the tent.
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Touché!
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Thanks.
1 - Police, justice, and national defense are necessary, all else debatable. And
sometimes I wonder about police and justice...
2 - cited without permission for purposes of review (3)(4)
3 - for the benefit of the button pushers in the viewing audience... you know
they’re out there, waiting to pounce.
4 - All text is available under the terms of the
GNU Free Documentation License, says the boilerplate at the bottom of every
page though... note that citing short passages from Wikipedia in this article is
NOT intended to extend the GFDL to LUGNET!
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