If you think all my philosophical back and forth seems to never reach a conclusion, I think my main concern can be summed up in a very famous poem by Martin Niemöller:
Quote:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
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In many, many ways I am a liberal. In many, many ways, I am a conservative, but my views are very consistent when thought of in this way. Much like Ben Franklin in the quote a posted earlier, I worry about where it will end once we start accepting limitations on the freedom of the majority, when it is but one minority preying on another minority, when there are clearly other issues causing the former minority to use said freedom in a way detrimental to the latter minority.
I guess what I am saying is, keep your morality out of my legality.