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To: mlocher
Yes, you struck a nerve.

That nerve is that I'll not tolerate "movements" or "philosophies" telling me what my rights are, or what I can, or cannot, do when I harm nobody.

And no, I'm not a homo and I'm as far to the right on the political spectrum as anyone can be.

And yes, I'm an absolutist.

For instance: Assume, for the sake of argument, I decided to grow pot exclusively for my own consumption...or decided to distill whiskey for my own consumption...or decided to screw some homo (YUK!).

Why the h e double hockey sticks would it be ANYONE's business besides my own?

71 posted on 04/29/2010 10:10:42 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

What is H E double hockey sticks?


75 posted on 04/29/2010 10:17:59 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Mariner
That nerve is that I'll not tolerate "movements" or "philosophies" telling me what my rights are, or what I can, or cannot, do when I harm nobody.

Unfortunately, the government tells us what our rights are. You and I have more in common than you probably realize when it comes to putting individual rights at a higher priority than the rights of a government. And by the way, I personally want no authority over anyone.

The movement or philosophy that I follow is written in the Bible. There are a few things -- very few -- written in the Bible that should pertain to society. These things were mostly considered by our founding fathers. The rest of what is in the Bible is between me and God. I share it (or better put, explain it) with others when asked. But I could never force the Biblical spiritual movement or philosophy on anyone. It doesn't work by force.

79 posted on 04/29/2010 10:29:49 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Mariner
In my experience, that has never been the problem.

That problem has always been, when someone else says, "I do not wish to associate with X." X being the pot-head, the drunk, the sexual deviant, etc. It is one thing for you to sit in your home and ruin your life, it is quite another for you to enter another man's neighborhood, home, or business.

It is then that the argument goes from, "You can't tell me what I can or cannot do," to, "I'm telling you what you can or cannot do," bringing the litany of "discrimination" laws. You must accept potheads, you must accept drunks, you must accept perverts, and if you don't, you will be in trouble.

80 posted on 04/29/2010 10:29:55 PM PDT by Anti-Utopian ("Come, let's away to prison; We two alone will sing like birds I' th' cage." -King Lear [V,iii,6-8])
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To: Mariner
Assume, for the sake of argument, I decided to grow pot...

I would rat you out, warn the authorities that you consider growing cannabis your 'self-defined right', and that you claimed that anyone who tries to take away this 'self-defined right' would be shot by you 'right between the eyes'. And if you actually mean what you are posting, you would be shot dead by SWAT.

105 posted on 04/29/2010 11:02:36 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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