News (Media Awareness Project) - CN MB: PUB LTE: Can't Legislate Morals |
Title: | CN MB: PUB LTE: Can't Legislate Morals |
Published On: | 2002-06-25 |
Source: | Winnipeg Sun (CN MB) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-23 03:50:13 |
CAN'T LEGISLATE MORALS
Harry Lehotsky must think Rosa Parks was a criminal because she refused to
ride at the back of the bus. Hitler legitimized his handy work through the
Public Order and the Nuremberg Laws; everything he did was legal.
Drug dealing and prostitution are voluntary exchanges between buyer and
seller. Where is the crime? The law ought to only be used to protect us
from force or fraud. I'll protect me from myself from drug dealers and
prostitutes, just like I protect myself from the pharmacist, the beer
vendor and the local sluts, thank you.
Crime implies doing harm to another person or their property. Vices are
harms we do to ourselves. Legislating against morality always causes more
harm than good. That's because your morals are not superior to mine Harry,
they're just different.
Chris Buors
Winnipeg
(Speaking of drugs, there are probably some you could take to cure those
huge leaps in logic from which you suffer.)
Harry Lehotsky must think Rosa Parks was a criminal because she refused to
ride at the back of the bus. Hitler legitimized his handy work through the
Public Order and the Nuremberg Laws; everything he did was legal.
Drug dealing and prostitution are voluntary exchanges between buyer and
seller. Where is the crime? The law ought to only be used to protect us
from force or fraud. I'll protect me from myself from drug dealers and
prostitutes, just like I protect myself from the pharmacist, the beer
vendor and the local sluts, thank you.
Crime implies doing harm to another person or their property. Vices are
harms we do to ourselves. Legislating against morality always causes more
harm than good. That's because your morals are not superior to mine Harry,
they're just different.
Chris Buors
Winnipeg
(Speaking of drugs, there are probably some you could take to cure those
huge leaps in logic from which you suffer.)
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