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To: Dayuhan who wrote (10635)	4/24/2002 10:26:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Believing in such ideas is not necessarily irrational. Expecting Government to ban something one dislikes is a different story. It is indeed a different story Steve, but I'm not sure I would call it irrational. Rational or not it is something I think should be opposed. In the absence of a consensus definition of what constitutes "morality", #1 above can hardly be considered a rational position. Of course people would have different opinion about what is moral, or even if such a concept is useful, but unless you actually can actually have a consensus that one idea about morality is objectively right and others objectively wrong I don't see how you can call a particular opinion about morality irrational, I have even greater doubts about using the opinion to call the person irrational. The opinion could be based on a rational thought process and be coherent and clear. Do you think that the philosophical study of ethics has no connection with clarity of thought or reason or sound judgement at all? dictionary.com ir·ra·tion·al Pronunciation Key (-rsh-nl) adj. 1. a.Not endowed with reason. b.Affected by loss of usual or normal mental clarity; incoherent, as from shock. c.Marked by a lack of accord with reason or sound judgment: an irrational dislike. Tim