That's one of the things isn't it; that a civilization in decline has to make a whole lot of laws, because the populace doesn't actually agree with these laws.
Thrilled about your baby Slugdaddy, but please don't call the little one "Slug".
As I've gotten older, I've realized that the human "right to make mistakes" is extremely important. Sometimes those mistakes have grave consequences, but without them, we wouldn't be the people we are and we wouldn't advocate for the causes we believe in. Laws have never stopped people from making mistakes either: Murder still happens. Dangerous drugs are still tried and sometimes kill the user. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't have laws and rules for a civil society, but it does mean we should always be able to choose what we want to do and be willing to suffer the consequences regardless of what the law says. Do I want people out killing one another and abortions to be the only method of "birth control"? Of course not! I want murder *and* abortion to be extremely rare. But, I don't have the ability to get into a murderers mind and stop them from committing that act anymore than I have the ability to get into the mind of a 16 year old girl who was just raped by her father and whose mother tells her that if "she ever gets pregnant her bags will be outside the door of the house when she comes home." Laws can't stop these things either. Essentially, everything we do is a choice. And if we want to have choices for ourselves, we *must* allow others to make their own choices as well. Even if we don't agree with them.
Sadly I do see a rise in sexual purity stuff (not just with regard to heterosexuals) in the Covid skeptic movement. I suppose it was inevitable as it’s own backlash, but if the movement becomes about reinstating 1800s traditionalism, I’m out. (That will also be a backlash.)
Interesting to ponder how much of this is designed vs accidental
That's one of the things isn't it; that a civilization in decline has to make a whole lot of laws, because the populace doesn't actually agree with these laws.
Thrilled about your baby Slugdaddy, but please don't call the little one "Slug".
As I've gotten older, I've realized that the human "right to make mistakes" is extremely important. Sometimes those mistakes have grave consequences, but without them, we wouldn't be the people we are and we wouldn't advocate for the causes we believe in. Laws have never stopped people from making mistakes either: Murder still happens. Dangerous drugs are still tried and sometimes kill the user. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't have laws and rules for a civil society, but it does mean we should always be able to choose what we want to do and be willing to suffer the consequences regardless of what the law says. Do I want people out killing one another and abortions to be the only method of "birth control"? Of course not! I want murder *and* abortion to be extremely rare. But, I don't have the ability to get into a murderers mind and stop them from committing that act anymore than I have the ability to get into the mind of a 16 year old girl who was just raped by her father and whose mother tells her that if "she ever gets pregnant her bags will be outside the door of the house when she comes home." Laws can't stop these things either. Essentially, everything we do is a choice. And if we want to have choices for ourselves, we *must* allow others to make their own choices as well. Even if we don't agree with them.
Congratulations! 🎈🎊🍾 5 kids -- wow! 🤩
Sadly I do see a rise in sexual purity stuff (not just with regard to heterosexuals) in the Covid skeptic movement. I suppose it was inevitable as it’s own backlash, but if the movement becomes about reinstating 1800s traditionalism, I’m out. (That will also be a backlash.)
Interesting to ponder how much of this is designed vs accidental