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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Sunny who wrote (14075)10/27/2003 12:42:11 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 793779
 
Our entire government system is based upon a majority rules basis. Yet, the rights of individuals are protected from the tyranny of the majority like few other places on earth.

Yes, indeed. Our government was set up with a clever system of checks and balances. There are checks against the majority overrunning the rights of individuals. For this I am very thankful to the founding fathers. In their honorable tradition I will stand up against anything that threatens to undermine those checks. There are lots of people who would do away with them. That includes anyone who insists on "majority rules" without the appropriate caveat.

My comment was meant to refer to situational morality and ethics and using those as a basis to establish law. While as a citizen of the US you are free to do practically anything you please, it does not mean that we should not have laws that establish a base line of behavior and conduct. To do less leads to chaos and the absence of values.

We have laws to protect us against outside invasion and against assault from other citizens. Laws to endorse situational morality would be ridiculous. Laws to endorse any other kind of morality are generally inappropriate, as well. We have social mores, religious institutions, Miss Manners, housing development covenants, the US Golf Association, and myriad other institutions to deal with behavior and values outside the appropriate scope of government. I resist all laws that restrict freedom--beyond the alleged freedom to hurt someone else, that is. I'm all for values. I have a surfeit of them. But I don't think that any of my values should be turned into law. I promote my favorites the best that I can as should others their own favorites. I would never impose them by law. The marketplace will decide.
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