[sweetliberty]

I think on this issue alone I have come to understand why a lot of FReepers get so hostile towards libertarian ideas. There is a point where the "freedom" of individuals HAS to be weighed against the health of society. I still basically believe that people should be free to do whatever they want as long as they're not hurting anybody, but sometimes making the determination as to what point individual behavior hurts somebody else can be as elusive as the definition of "is" to a Clinton.

[viaveritasvita]

I know what you mean.

I'm reading a book by Billy Graham, Storm Warning, and in it he says (regarding the fall of the Berlin wall in 1990): "I spoke to a group of wide-eyed East Germans at the wall who told me they were both hopeful and frightened. They were hopeful that peace and freedom would improve their way of life, but they were frightened by the scenes of greed, materialism and immorality they saw in the West. They said they would rather remain behind the wall, in poverty and bondage to Communism, than discover that "freedom" was nothing more than moral decadence, corruption, sin, violence, and greed....."