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To: Protagoras
"I, from my point of view, think is immoral,"

He's not alone in thinking that BCPs are immoral.

In all honesty, is there any immoral act where you think you would be within your rights to consciously interfere with another human being whose actions have nothing to do with you?

Didn't think so. Therefore, it's no wonder why you can't, or will ever, understand this guy.

402 posted on 11/09/2004 11:54:17 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen; Protagoras
In all honesty, is there any immoral act where you think you would be within your rights to consciously interfere with another human being whose actions have nothing to do with you?

Stepping in to prevent a crime against a thrid party, such as chasing down a mugger.

408 posted on 11/09/2004 11:58:44 AM PST by Modernman (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J.)
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To: robertpaulsen
In a civil society, people don't get to go around violating other's rights just because they personally think they are immoral.

I think sex before marriage is immoral, but I can't go around kidnapping people because I know they are going to do it.

As the other poster pointed out, Jews think eating ham sandwiches is immoral, but they better not take my lunch away. Liberals think voting for Bush was immoral, but they don't get to disenfranchise me.

Your position is untenable.

409 posted on 11/09/2004 11:59:56 AM PST by Protagoras (Pitiricus is a DU troll with an older sign up date)
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To: robertpaulsen
If someone were causing physical harm to another person you might want to interfere. Other than that, I don't think I could make something like whether someone uses birth control or not any of my business. It doesn't meet the "global test" of being wrong (ha-ha). It's more of a religious/philosophical type of argument on which reasonable people can disagree whereas if someone is beating the crap out of a child, there is an immediate visceral reaction that is universal in people that this is an immoral act.
421 posted on 11/09/2004 12:14:34 PM PST by iheartusa (Searching the Internet far and wide to bring you thought-provoking controversy)
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