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Re: [APD] Re: Glowfish Banned-now way OT
> I believe in personal responsibility. We need not be
> protected against our will.
OK, but how should we be protected against the will of other people,
especially when their will is to cause great harm to an innocent person?
> Yes but if the organizations get too large they become
> corrupt. Hopefully their interests align with our own
> out of coincidence. Overthowing the leaders of foreign
> countries of slaughtering innocents is wrong but if it
> protects us in the large view, it may be acceptable.
Agreed, but that doesn't mean they aren't a necessary evil. Have you ever
spent time in an area with little or ineffective law enforcement? I spent a
great deal of time in Bosnia, and it makes me appreciate the safety I've got
far more than I ever thought I would.
> I think drugs should be legalized though. There are
> many benefits. Marketing organizations and other
> creative institutions use lots of hallucinogens. Being
> a prior dabbler myself in the subject at an earlier
> age I can tell you that many computer graphics
> displays are highly inspired.
You're ignoring his argument. Maybe drugs should be legalized (something we
agree on, at least to a point), however, they do take over people's lives,
and I don't want to have to worry about someone robbing me to buy smack.
> How do you think all breeds of dogs are created? I
> certainly want to be able to do experiments in my own
> home.
Most species of dogs and cats weren't created with the technology available
now. Should new, potentially dangerous techniques be practiced unchecked?
> Just remember though, give them an inch and they take
> a mile. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and the
> more they get the greater the taste they get for it.
So what? How does this invalidate the entire concept of existing within a
greater society? Thus, the system of checks and balances was created, and,
while there are a number of problems, I'll take it over the anarchic, highly
libertarian notion of winner-take-all.
Justin Collins
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