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To: JamesP81
Are you a person who supports freedom, as opposed to anarchy, or are you a libertine who embraces anarchy, which is opposed to conservatism?
26 posted on 01/04/2008 8:14:39 PM PST by Sursum Corda
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To: Sursum Corda
Are you a person who supports freedom, as opposed to anarchy, or are you a libertine who embraces anarchy, which is opposed to conservatism?

I believe that government exists to protect individual rights, and any activity that does not violate another individual's rights should not be legislated. Period. Note also that no one has a right to not be annoyed or offended. Liberals would have you think that you do, but liberals would, as usual, be wrong.
35 posted on 01/04/2008 8:24:05 PM PST by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
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To: Sursum Corda

Anarchy is both the ultimate freedom and the sublime goal of the libertine.

It gets quite lonely, though.


72 posted on 01/04/2008 9:29:53 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Sursum Corda

And now smoking = anarchy!


93 posted on 01/05/2008 3:23:19 AM PST by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: Sursum Corda
Are you a person who supports freedom, as opposed to anarchy, or are you a libertine who embraces anarchy, which is opposed to conservatism?

Are you a person who supports fascism, which is opposed to liberty?

Look it up. Fascism, as an economic philosophy, is where the government controls privately owned and run businesses. When the government tells a business owner that he or she must not allow a legal activity on his or her private property, that's just wrong.

I don't smoke, and haven't smoked in well over 20 years. I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke, and avoid it when I can. It's my choice not to go into a business that allows smoking. But I shouldn't have the right to use the force of government to force a business owner to disallow smoking at their place of business. It would be another thing if what they were doing was an illegal act. But as long as it's legal (and the government is enriched through taxes on it), then they should let the market, and business owners decide.

A good example of this is the building where I work. The company for which I work holds the 14th, 15th, and 16th floor of a building. As a perk, they installed a "smoking room" for employees on the 15th floor. This room has its own ventilation system, and dual doors, sort of like an "air lock." You can't smell any smoke coming out of that room. But as of January 1, my employers were forced to ban all smoking in that room, since it's now illegal to smoke anywhere in the building.

Mark

133 posted on 01/05/2008 3:54:45 PM PST by MarkL
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