[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Capitalization for emphasis is a technique used when repetition has not assisted comprehension. Changing the law to no longer criminalize “debauchery and degeneracy” may be expedient by merely the ultimate capitul ation.

[ConservingFreedom]

No, you have a conservative recognition of the limits to what good government can bring about. Government resources ( = taxpayer money) can no more bring about an end to "debauchery and degeneracy" than they can an end to poverty.

(And please STOP SHOUTING. It doesn't make your case any stronger.)

Capitalization for emphasis

fails to achieve its ends when overused as in capitalizing 60 consecutive words.

Changing the law to no longer criminalize "debauchery and degeneracy"

A great deal of "debauchery and degeneracy" is already legal; is government authorized or competent to exert force against, say, fornication?

may be expedient

Straw man - the issue is not expedience but a conservative recognition of the limits to the good that government can bring about. Government resources ( = taxpayer money) can no more bring about an end to "debauchery and degeneracy" than they can an end to poverty.