[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
I hope you both can continue to live in your binary worlds because such worlds really are simple and comforting places.
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In fact it is the other way around. [/quote]
How so? I live in an uncertain world - you guys don’t.[/quote]
Social and economic liberalism coexisting. My how the left has used you.
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It’s called personal responsibility. Laws that regulate behavior don’t encourage personal responsibility and simply lead to more government - that is, of course, if you want to enforce such laws. In the process, innocent people get harassed and inconvenienced.
Here’s an example. Let’s say you want to pass a law making homosexuality illegal - not just homosexual acts, but being a homosexual. Not saying you would favor this - this is just an example. Great, you have a law on the books. How are you going to enforce it? Are you willing to raise taxes to fund a special “gay police?” And what’s probable cause to arrest persons for this? If two guys are living together in an apartment, is that probable cause for an arrest and/or questioning? Perhaps they’re just roommates. How would they prove that? Should they? And are you willing to pay more in taxes to fund extra judges to try such “gay” cases?
Things that seem good in theory just don’t work in practice.
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I don’t understand your argument.