POLICE SHOULDN'T BE INSTILLING MORALS

Letter writer Anna Plesums' moral compass needs a reset if she thinks the
school board and the police have better intentions for children than
parents do.

The police and school boards are agents of the state and are not the proper
authorities to instill morals in children. In fact, passing immoral drug
laws has turned the people's measure of what is right and wrong on its head.

Temperance, prudence, justice and fortitude are the four cardinal virtues
of St. Thomas Aquinas by which I measure morality.

I suggest to Anna Plesums and like-minded individuals that the drug war
does not live up to a single virtue. Temperance and prohibition are
irreconcilable right off the hop by definition alone.

In fact, passing drug prohibition laws ensures Canada is listed with other
the sinful states that cater to the vainglory of the sanctimonious
supporters who have moted their eyes with irrational fears.

Ideas have consequences too Anna. The idea that it is our responsibility as
Canadians to respect immoral law is misguided to say the least.

We have a natural right to drugs bestowed upon humanity by the Creator in
Genesis 1:29. If Anna cares to look she will see that seed bearing plants
are bestowed, not to the doctors, and certainly not to the State, but to
you and me as individuals Anna.

Now, with that clairification, who is doing the "right thing?" The
authorities attempting to brainwash kids into turning their parents in for
drug use, or the parents who have to take preventive measures least the
sinful state get a hold of their kids and instill the immoral idea that the
state comes first? Think about the motives of the Gestapo before you
answer, after all, they just wanted to instil the "right" morals in the
children too.

Chris Buors

Libertarian Party of Manitoba