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To: Lane3 who wrote (74439)	9/11/2003 2:39:01 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

I would be more interested in the socio-culturally imposed switching system. Clearly there are times when women have licence to flirt or tease and times when they are expected to turn it off...and that it depends on a number of things, including whether they feel like it or not. This would make a fascinating pop-culture book. A world wide best seller, I bet.

To: Lane3 who wrote (74439)	9/11/2003 4:17:06 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Ordinarily, we are talking about adherence to a set of beliefs and practices that may be characterized as religious or philosophical, or the rejection thereof. In the first instance, freedom of conscience refers to not coercing adherence to a church or philosophical school, rather than being able to act wholly according to one's own lights. Obviously, the state has a compelling interest in defining actions that violate the rights of others, or harm the interests of society, and thus exacting some degree of conformity. But in those matters where there is no strong reason for the state to intervene, such as religious confession or (for the most part) one's choice of profession, it seems to me that freedom of conscience extends to discerning the application of one's tenets to particular situations, as well as the holding of the tenets themselves.........