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Is it edifying? Does it make us better? Does it help us accomplish anything? Is it good for us? I would think that we could all agree that the answer to all of these is no. From the opposite side- Does it influence people to commit crimes? in some cases. Does it break up marriages? it has. Why keep it around?


413 posted on 05/19/2005 3:48:47 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join the NFL ping list ... All thing football ... FReepmail Asphalt to get on or off)
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To: Asphalt

good questions


414 posted on 05/19/2005 3:50:25 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Asphalt
Is it edifying? Does it make us better? Does it help us accomplish anything? Is it good for us? I would think that we could all agree that the answer to all of these is no. From the opposite side- Does it influence people to commit crimes? in some cases. Does it break up marriages? it has. Why keep it around?

You can apply this argument to alcohol, tobacco, gambling, fatty foods and pretty much any other human vice.

418 posted on 05/19/2005 3:51:42 PM PDT by Modernman ("Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde)
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To: Asphalt
One word: Freedom.

Freedom isn't about doing what's best for the collective. That's communism. If liberty isn't the lynchpin that the American experiment was built on, I don't know what is.

421 posted on 05/19/2005 3:54:02 PM PDT by Melas
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