[Right Wing Assault]

"no possible act, nor mode of conduct, was forbidden to you, as long as your action did not damage another."

These days, of course, no matter what you do, you will find someone to complain that it is damaging them.

[rbg81]

“no possible act, nor mode of conduct, was forbidden to you, as long as your action did not damage another.”

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Hmmm...an interesting, but deeply flawed statement. I am surprised someone as intelligent as Heinlein did not recognize it as such.

There is short term (immediate) physical harm resulting from one’s actions. But there is also long term, social and cultural harm of one’s actions. The latter is tough to prove and can only be measured over generations. Gay marriage is one example. When gays started to marry in MA, the sun still rose in the morning and things were still the same as yesterday. But the effect of it 20, 50, 100 years hence is still unknown (and I suspect negative). Of course, the current generation may be so twisted, that they refuse to recognize the rot until it is too late.