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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (20085)8/1/2001 12:14:18 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
He, too, wants to deny that his actions -- his postings -- have consequences. It's all in "fun." But too often it isn't. There are consequences, whether he wants to acknowledge it or not.

What sort of consequences?

Please note that my aversion to the whiners who tattle to SI admin is not based on personal experience. I don't know that anybody has ever complained about me. I do know that I have never received so much as a reprimand from SI Admin. It is one on my great sorrows.

the concept that people should be free to engage in the sex act as long as it feels good to them has consequences

Of course. But regardless of the consequences, and whether they should be free to fuck or not, the fact remains that they are in fact free to do it. Short of the most barbaric invasion of personal liberty, there is not a thing anyone can do to stop them. That is the case now, and has always been the case: sexual licentiousness was not invented in the '60s.

We can't make people stop. We can provide them with the information, reasoning capacity, and psychological strength to make intelligent decisions, and we can provide those whose decisions we think unintelligent with the means to minimize adverse consequences.

We can't make the decision for them.
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