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To: myrabach
You don't think that disallowing a community to decide what is decent and what is not isn't an erosion of liberty?

Depends on how you look at it. Do you believe that the liberties of the community outweigh the liberties of the individual?

BTW, this is sort of a red herring. As a previous poster has pointed out, the idea that communities are disallowed from deciding what is decent is dubious.

176 posted on 06/01/2005 1:10:04 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: JeffAtlanta

I believe that the liberties of the individual must be considered by the community. Ultimately, however the liberties of the community should prevail.

For instance, I would consider the argument by an individual that he or she finds the 10 Commandments in a courtroom to be offensive. However, when the community is not offended then the community should prevail. And this is because, suppose I, as an individual is offended by the removal of above, but another individual is offended by the addition of the above. Whose offense should be considered? Do we not have equal rights? If so, whose rights should prevail?


180 posted on 06/01/2005 1:20:03 PM PDT by myrabach
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