Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2004/11

From: Mitch Riley <intothehot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: elections
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:18:58 -0500

The problems with "right wing nut jobs" is not that they disagree with
suicide bombers. As stated, "anything goes" attitudes qualify as no
morality and we should: "Do unto others as you wouldhave them do unto
you".

Here's another principle that finds its roots in legal philosophy:
"the only time that power should be exercised over a civil community
is when it prevents harm from others" - John Stuart Mill. Here's
another: "No man ought to harm another in his life, health, libery and
possessions" - John Locke. That one should sound familiar - it was put
into your constitution and only altered slightly, as were many of
Locke's ideas such as the separation of power.

By saying that you do not agree with homosexuality and abortion
(anything goes in sex), you deny people rights that don't harm you or
others. A democracy is not about the tyranny of the majority - it is
about liberalism - the rights of the individual, provided they don't
harm others.

What i can't understand, is that in the most liberal democracy in the
world, where the bill of rights is held as an almighty document, why
you worship the right to bear arms (which most first-world nations do
not agree with) and then deny people the privacy to do what they want
in their own homes in regards to sexuality.

Regards

Mitch
ps we have similar problems in australia, but not to the same extent

> You'd be surprised how flexible we "right-wing nut jobs" can be. We have a
> problem with people who find it morally DESIRABLE to suicide bomb the
> innocent women and children of people with whom they disagree, and use
> their OWN women and children as human shields, or who put in concentration
> camps and gas people whose religious and ethnic background differ from
> theirs, but other than that we can be remarkably tolerant. However, the
> currently popular "anything goes" attitude regarding sex, drugs, money, and
> everything else qualifies as NO morality, and results in a civilization
> that is less and less able to live up to that name. If people would only
> seriously follow the so-called Golden Rule -- "Do unto others as you would
> have them do unto you" -- even that would be enough!
>
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> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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