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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 1687525" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>I feel that in order for liberty to work, you must practice a certain level of pride, nationalism and socialism on a personal scale. Being soverign and only beholden to your creator sounds great, but it doesn't do anything to defang the wolves that would set upon you with all manner of liberty destroying restrictions. Were we to live in a moral society that valued the liberty, peace and prosperity of others, there would be no need for these restrictions. Unfortunately, the religious right somehow feels that we can legislate morality, while the socialist left feels we can legislate charity and good will. Neither cause is wrong, but legislating it is unjust and chafes the serf who is burdened by their weight.</p><p></p><p>We really do need to stop condemning each other as wrong, unpatriotic, uncharitable, etc. We need to understand that we bring these restrictions on ourselves when we act in immoral and unethical ways. There will ALWAYS be immoral and unethical people in our world. But setting our societal rules and laws based on these "10%'ers" is a disservice to our entire society. We're pandering to the lowest common denominator and it's literally destroying the fabric of our Republic! <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 1687525, member: 1132"] I feel that in order for liberty to work, you must practice a certain level of pride, nationalism and socialism on a personal scale. Being soverign and only beholden to your creator sounds great, but it doesn't do anything to defang the wolves that would set upon you with all manner of liberty destroying restrictions. Were we to live in a moral society that valued the liberty, peace and prosperity of others, there would be no need for these restrictions. Unfortunately, the religious right somehow feels that we can legislate morality, while the socialist left feels we can legislate charity and good will. Neither cause is wrong, but legislating it is unjust and chafes the serf who is burdened by their weight. We really do need to stop condemning each other as wrong, unpatriotic, uncharitable, etc. We need to understand that we bring these restrictions on ourselves when we act in immoral and unethical ways. There will ALWAYS be immoral and unethical people in our world. But setting our societal rules and laws based on these "10%'ers" is a disservice to our entire society. We're pandering to the lowest common denominator and it's literally destroying the fabric of our Republic! :( [/QUOTE]
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