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To: DariusBane
ah..the Ted Kaczynski manifesto.

Statist ? about me you presume facts not in evidence.

Forget cell phone, it really has nothing to do with this discussion.

I too want to be left alone and I will leave you alone.

The question:
Is there any line to be drawn ?
If so, what's yours ? ...law-wise, behavior-wise in society.
and how does it fit within the 10th Amendment ?

96 posted on 01/11/2009 7:23:35 PM PST by stylin19a ( Real Men don't declare unplayable lies)
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To: stylin19a

Kaczynski? Manifesto? What? I have been saying from the beginning that I hold minority views on personal freedom and risk tolerance. So 10th amendment concerns? I have repeatedly said that my neighbors get the laws they want. I am not arguing a constitutional argument that I should be able to do whatever I want to do. I am arguing a philosophical argument that balances risk and freedom. That is vastly different than trying to make a constitutional argument that my neighbors don’t have the right to make idiotic laws. My argument is that most in this country demand a highly controlled environment where risk is minimized and by consequence freedom curtailed. I am appealing to you stylin19a to 1. Be willing to accept more risk. 2. Be very wary of empowering the government in a behavioral modification role. 3. Take your personal freedoms seriously and accept the risk inherent with less law. My argument is a philosophical argument. I know I am in the minority.

Kaczynski? So everyone that has a different comfort level of risk and personal freedom is a Kaczynski? Absurd. Pant Load.

You ask very thoughtful questions about where the lines for behavior should be drawn. Those are good questions. Open for discussion on case by case basis and generally complicated. Every time a law is enacted, for instance seat belt laws, compliance is compulsory and ultimately enforced with a gun. Does my counseling great caution in enacting additional behavior modification laws make me Kaczynski?


101 posted on 01/11/2009 7:49:03 PM PST by DariusBane (I've got a bracelet too :))
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