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To: Clint N. Suhks
I'm pretty flexible -- I work with the premises people give me. In this case, someone wanted to argue that consensual homosexual sex should be regulated by the state and the premise offered was "Everyone has the inalienable right to pursue happiness." Maybe you think that's a false premise. But since the person I was responding to made a point of appealing to it explicitly, I thought it reasonable to show what follows ;-)
211 posted on 03/25/2002 10:38:34 AM PST by ConsistentLibertarian
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To: ConsistentLibertarian;Brad's Gramma; EdReform; Khepera; Kevin Curry
… someone wanted to argue that consensual homosexual sex should be regulated by the state and the premise offered was "Everyone has the inalienable right to pursue happiness." Maybe you think that's a false premise.

Yes because the pursuit of happiness is unspecific. If you can’t argue one perversion is better than an other, it’s a bit hypocritical to put one person’s pursuit of “happiness” in better standing than someone else’s.

But since the person I was responding to made a point of appealing to it explicitly, I thought it reasonable to show what follows ;-)

Sorry, I thought your argument should stand the test of consistency and hold for others scrutiny. If you want your debate private and confined to arbitrary parameters I’ll leave you alone.

214 posted on 03/25/2002 11:16:33 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks
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