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

To: one_less who wrote (80753)	6/22/2004 2:02:50 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"When you understand that you will be at peace with the whole thing instead of suffering from the delusions that you will be punishing some person for violating the natural rights of others." I am being very patient with you. Firstly, it is entirely irrelevant which rights we define as natural and which ones we define as derivative. Whether you violate the liberty or the "justice" of someone (which you just admitted are natural rights), is irrelevant to the fact that there will be consequences. Millions of people have lost their liberty--indeed their lives--as a result of religious conscience exerting itself to do God's Work and Will. So try to keep the level of naivety down to a dull roar, please. Just because you or anyone else believes that such and such is right or wrong, does not mean society will agree with you--nor does it mean that your belief is rational, sane, or innocent of harm. Some people believe that going to war is a conscientious duty for God and country. Some people conscientiously believe it is a sin. So in life, "conscience" can take every polar position possible. Do you understand, yet? You are free to use YOUR conscience as YOUR guide to what is right or wrong. But YOUR conscience is not a guide for US. Where it causes no deep offense or wrong, society will look the other way. But where it results in you violating principles and statutes of justice...the State will impose restrictions, penalties, or both.