TAXES - & Utopias

> From: terrierkeeper
> Our current courts seem to think otherwise with their 'evolving'
> standards, de facto legislating from the bench what the American
> people appose.

I think this is a case of 'garbage in, gargage out'. The current members of
the US government is the one thing americans really can't blaim on
terrorists.

> Cruelty to animals is cruelty to animals.

When summarised the issue tends to comes down to 'Eww! That's icky!' and The
Bible vs logic, science and ethics. Or a shouting match between two peopel
saying, "That is/is not different!" Either way I'm not sure this is really
the place to talk about it.

> Anything that encourages bad behavior hurts people. Whether directly
> or by encouraging said Misbehavior. As I said WHen society has to pay
> for the consequences of behavior it has the right to step in.

The problem in saying that a man shouldn't shout fire in a crowded theater
is that there are occasions when a man has a duty to shout fire in a crowded
theater. Namely when there actually happens to be a fire. This is why I'm
against any law that says, "If say, write, or draw something we don't like,
we'll throw you in jail for twenty years and brand you for life."

> Overall I can say much of this leaves me shocked and disgusted.

Which is why I said 9 out of 10 western democracies would never follow such
a legal model.

John