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To: coloradan; Cultural Jihad; Libertarianize the GOP
Didn't you take up an argument to justify reasons not to allow simple and super majority imposition of moral beliefs as law?

In a place that has 51% white supremists, 39% whites, and 10% blacks, there would be a majority vote for Jim Crow laws, which the white supremists would argue are moral and just. What then?

From:

I would support legislating morality anytime a super majority agrees and a simple majority could reverse the law. I believe any issue of morality that has the support of almost everyone would be a legitimate law.

and end up arguing over:

In case you weren't aware, the L.P. has a plank which calls for the dismantling of our civil rights laws, essentially making it legal to say "We don't serve those of race X here." And here you are now whining about Jim Crow laws.

What was the point of all this and how it relates to legislating religious morality or any other label for morality? Maybe you guys should shake hands, I think most of this was context twisting.

145 posted on 02/09/2003 1:51:22 AM PST by Magoo ((Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.))
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To: Magoo
Cultural Jihad is famous for his straw men arguments in his vain attempts to bash libertarians, hence the dredging of an irrelevent L.P. plank onto this thread.
149 posted on 02/09/2003 9:00:31 AM PST by coloradan
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