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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Philosopher who wrote (74633)9/12/2003 7:41:47 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 82486
 
No it isn't meaningless. In fact legal enforcement with out the general belief that it is wrong is often less effective then the general belief that it is wrong without the legal enforcement.

In any case if someone is a bigot and they act on that, lack of legal enforcement doesn't make the general idea that they shouldn't act that way go away. In other words you don't lose the "should not".

Tim