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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (4399)2/2/2001 2:48:35 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Would you charge that the pro-permit position is immoral?

I would say that imposing it on other people is immoral.

Would you defend your natural right to produce offspring?

Perhaps, but mostly I would be against it because I think it is another unjust and unjustified intrution into our lives by the government.

Or your privacy?

I normally use the term privacy in relation to keeping people from knowing things about me rather then keeping them from telling me what to do.

Would you agree with the concerns of the pro-permitters and just disagree with their proposed solution?

I might agree with the concerns to an extend but probably to a much lower extent then they do. I would also disagree with their solution.

Would you say that the pro-permitters have no right to take away the choice of others based on their deeply held sense of truth?

I would say they are trying to enforce either personal morality or what they see as a practical good because of their deeply held sense of truth. I can not see how even if they convince me that the problem is as bad as they say it is that imposing their idea would amount to protecting human rights. I can't see how it specifically contradicts any constituional right. But then the federal government IMO doesn't have any constitutional authority in this area. (of course that rarely seems to stop it from acting).

On what basis would you oppose it?

Constitutionally - That the federal government has no authority in this area.
Practically - That I don't think it is needed. Also that I think allowing the government to intrude this much in to people's lives has negative consiquences.
Philosophically - That I don't think it is just for the government to control people and their lives to such an extent without massive justification. In this case I don't think there is any such massive justification.

Tim
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