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To: tpaine
Why can't you understand that if people can't control their own behaviour, the government will do it for them?

Why is behaving morally a threat to you? Why do you think morality is a tool of government?

In fact, morality is the only viable alternative to government control.

72 posted on 08/02/2002 8:10:19 AM PDT by Tomalak
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To: Tomalak
Why can't you understand that if people can't control their own behaviour, the government will do it for them?

Why don't you understand that you're advocating giving the government the power to control things which aren't necessary for good governance?

73 posted on 08/02/2002 8:21:05 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: Tomalak
Why can't you understand that if people can't control their own behaviour, the government will do it for them?

We have a constitution/BoR's to control exactly how the government is allowed to 'regulate' individual behavior.
It's being violated by the WoD's, for instance. -- and the moral majority urges that governments violate it in a war on abortion and 'porno', for instance.
Why can't you understand these constitutional principles?

Why is behaving morally a threat to you? Why do you think morality is a tool of government?

Snide comment. -- Such behavior is not a 'threat' to me, -- and I do not think so at all. - You are raising silly straw men. Why?

In fact, morality is the only viable alternative to government control.

So you say, -- but forcing government to comply to the constitution, and educating people to stop asking for evermore government controls, is the viable solution.
As it happens, that is also the goal of FR. Were you aware of that?

76 posted on 08/02/2002 8:59:18 AM PDT by tpaine
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To: Tomalak
Why can't you understand that if people can't control their own behaviour, the government will do it for them?

If they people cannot control their own behavior, and they elect who represents them, what makes you think government will enforce (your) moral laws? That only works if you have a benevolant monarchy. In the real world, what you get is a corrupt state coupled with immoral people.

178 posted on 08/04/2002 9:54:44 AM PDT by rb22982
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