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To: MEGoody
Defining a law as 'goofy' is a subjective view.

That was exactly my point. Laws based solely on morality are inherently subjective. I think the wearing of plaids and stripes ought to be a crime. Actually criminalizing it, however, is bad policy.

Actions should not be criminialized just because you don't want to do them.

Give the government control over some aspects of other peoples' lives, and it'll sieze control of yours. I'm surprised that so many people who call themselves "conservatives" forget that.

274 posted on 10/26/2005 7:10:05 AM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: highball
Laws based solely on morality are inherently subjective.

Can you name a law that is based on objective truth and not subjective opinion?

Actions should not be criminialized just because you don't want to do them.

In the same way, actions should not be DEcriminalized just because you want them to be.

279 posted on 10/26/2005 9:45:03 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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