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To: WOSG

"So you are against minimum wage laws, discrimation laws and drunk driving laws, correct? "

I AM against minimum wage laws. Even some discrimination laws.

However, drunk driving laws are different. they are based on my inalianable right to life. When you drive drunk, you put others right to life at great risk. Not so when I smoke pot in my home.


164 posted on 12/10/2004 9:02:03 AM PST by pnome
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To: pnome

BTW, if I were emperor I would let you smoke pot in your own home. I would tell you it is a stupid thing to do, but I think many such laws are a waste of money.


172 posted on 12/10/2004 9:06:35 AM PST by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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To: pnome

"I AM against minimum wage laws. Even some discrimination laws."

Then your argument is not against Christians at all. you are just stereotyping and nitpicking. Your against non-anarchists of any stripe defining boundaries of civility.

"When you drive drunk, you put others right to life at great risk. Not so when I smoke pot in my home."

Plenty of drunk drivers would disagree... they claim that they are safer. And besides, you are destroying plenty when you use dangerous drugs.

btw, you DO recognize that you are also imposing morality when you imply your 'right to life' allows you to interfere with the actions of others. that is imposing morality.
what makes the rule 'don't hurt others' more valid than any other rule? I'll put you down for "imposing morality in some cases but not in others".


186 posted on 12/10/2004 9:40:11 AM PST by WOSG (Liberating Iraq - http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com)
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