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To: Reagan Man
"Civilized society has the right and the responsibility to regulate behavior in order to protect individuals from their own poor decisions as well as others from the risks of certain behavior"

I agree, and I am a civilized man. Therefore I suggest that you be put in a strait jacket to protect yourself from your poor (investment, drinking, diet, driving, marital, etc.) decisions. In fact, liberals believe the same, they would protect you with a straitjacket from your poor (environmental, abortion, freesex, religious, taxes, etc.) decisions. I am so stupid, please inform me which humans' decisions are so omniscient as to be the ruling factor? Perhaps your ideas are the controlling ones? Or where should we find the proper moral dictator to figure it all out?

33 posted on 05/18/2002 9:09:40 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: FastCoyote
... I am a civilized man.

Doesn't sound like it to me.

Sounds like you've been living on a desert island all your life, without human contact and just recently, have joined civilized society.

In our civilzed American society, the will of the people, is carried out through the election of individuals, who act as the citizens representatives, using proper judgment, for what is in the best interests of the country. It's a good process and one that works well. OTOH, human beings aren't perfect creatures and from time to time, make mistakes. But all in all, our political system works fine.

We don't need a moral dictator to figure anything out. American's are a moral and ethical people. The Founding Fathers gave us the neccessary tools to operate a orderly and law abiding society, where freedom and liberty reign supreme. That's why our constitutional Republic is the envy of the world.

51 posted on 05/18/2002 9:39:09 PM PDT by Reagan Man
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