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To: Dog Gone
If I have the morals of Ted Bundy, should I not be tried for murder?
3 posted on 02/28/2003 9:45:18 AM PST by HumanaeVitae
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To: HumanaeVitae
We don't punish people for their morals, or lack thereof. We punish them for actions.

Often those actions are immoral, although we have criminalized many things that have nothing to do with morality.

The question is whether we should criminalize all behavior which is immoral, but the problem is that opinions differ as to whether some actions are immoral, even among good people.

Some people think it is immoral to consume alcohol, while others do not. I think it is perfectly moral and logically consistent for someone to say that they are personally opposed to alcohol consumption, but that they won't seek to impose that belief on anyone else.

Do you agree?

11 posted on 02/28/2003 9:53:12 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: HumanaeVitae
If I have the morals of Ted Bundy, should I not be tried for murder?

Murders should be held accountable. Murder is not a "relative" value issue.

101 posted on 02/28/2003 10:48:00 AM PST by laredo44
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