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To: enumerated

We do indeed use force of law to enforce what is right.

Some behavior is deviant and detrimental to society. Individual freedom gets curtailed at some point.


28 posted on 06/15/2021 11:54:10 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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To: Persevero

“We do indeed use force of law to enforce what is right.”

Yes, but only when enough people agree that it’s the government’s role to enforce it by law. Like murder. Like theft.

But there are also things society generally accepts as very wrong, but there is not a consensus that it should be the government’s role to enforce it by law.

Infidelity in marriage is one example.
Addiction is another.

Everyone agrees they are wrong but they don’t agree it’s the government’s business to prohibit it.

Prostitution and certain types of porn are illegal, but not infidelity itself. Driving with and possession of certain substances are illegal but not being addicted.

Homosexuality is another example. Many people may believe it’s wrong or deviant, but there is almost zero support for making it government’s business to prohibit it.

There is support for laws prohibiting public indecency - but not homosexuality itself.


34 posted on 06/15/2021 1:23:08 PM PDT by enumerated
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