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To: gdani

The right purpose of law and power is to do good and punish evil.

It’s a rather poor argument to say that they COULD do the opposite and therefore ought to do nothing. And it’s sad to see the good people pleading for a “live and let live” truce with evil because their brothers-in-arms keep capitulating on this point.


10 posted on 07/24/2012 11:50:59 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: LearsFool
The right purpose of law and power is to do good and punish evil.

Who gets to decide what constitutes "Evil"?

13 posted on 07/24/2012 12:10:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: LearsFool
It’s a rather poor argument to say that they COULD do the opposite and therefore ought to do nothing.

There are too many examples of our own government overreaching its power after people warned it COULD - privacy, gun rights, religion. The list may be endless.

And it’s sad to see the good people pleading for a “live and let live” truce with evil because their brothers-in-arms keep capitulating on this point.

If you're opposed to anything then, by all means, shout it from the rooftops, organize your fellow citizens, etc. Doing nothing should never be a solution. Neither should censorship, no matter who is in power.

14 posted on 07/24/2012 12:16:03 PM PDT by gdani
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