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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (20098)8/1/2001 12:21:50 PM
From: The Philosopher   of 82486
 
if we accept the principle that personal liberties should be
restrained only if their exercise compromises the rights of others, that doesn't
matter much.

1. The argument everything in the end affects other is as old as Donne, and of course much older, though he perhaps articulated it best. It's a dilemma my libertarian side has to deal with.

2. Our society, of course, hasn't accepted this argument. We have many laws which restrain activities which don't directly compromise the rights of others.

3. If you try to make that argument stick, how do you deal with consensual sex between and adult and a minor? Would you say it was legal? If it's legal for a 14 year old to have sex with another 14 year old, what's the basis for making sex between a 14 year old and a 21 year old illegal, if we follow your argument?
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