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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2013865" data-attributes="member: 18914">No personal disrespect meant to you but you sound like every arm-chair philosopher I ever heard in college.  "If only it was done my way and everyone thought like me then all would work wonderfully"...sigh...  We would have respect for all, except for anyone who is dumb enough to think something of which I don't approve (take your pick - God concepts, militant atheism, lack of empathy for the poor, too much empathy for the poor, etc.)  No, we have a pretty reasonable system right now that allows reasonable compromises between people of differing views without trying to plumb the depths of what motivates their thoughts. The main thing we need to do is stop trying to legislate many aspects of private behavior - that is how conflict develops.  Legislate where needed to maintain public order and that's about it.  There is a need for government action but we have gotten looney about how many laws we have and how far-reaching they are.Having said the above, I acknowledge that there will still be controversies (example, abortion - is it a woman's freedom issue or the saving an innocent life, etc. - not trying to start an argument just pointing out an easy example)  Ahhh, how I long for the days of opining about the better world I could build if only....</blockquote>