::Nods:: I agree with you and Voltaire, everyone is free to say what they want, I will give you that.
However, no one is 'free' to do just as they want. No one is free to kill another human being - that's murder1. Murder is wrong, we all know it's wrong, and we take great pains to ensure no one makes such an bad choice - or at the least, if they do, they are punished for it. As such, it should be our goal to ensure consequences for all such 'bad' choices. I will allow that, to determine what is ands is not a bad choice, we must discuss to allow for individual error in thought. However, the point of my original post was that 'it's their choice' is not a valid reason due to the fact that we always have the choice - some choices are just wrong ones. Another subtle complaint I had was the way that society seems to present a choice of 'no' as no choice at all - that is to say, if I say 'no' to contraception, I haven't exercised my choice, I've denied a choice2. To exercise your choice, you must choose 'yes.'
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However, no one is 'free' to do just as they want. No one is free to kill another human being - that's murder1. Murder is wrong, we all know it's wrong, and we take great pains to ensure no one makes such an bad choice - or at the least, if they do, they are punished for it.
As such, it should be our goal to ensure consequences for all such 'bad' choices. I will allow that, to determine what is ands is not a bad choice, we must discuss to allow for individual error in thought. However, the point of my original post was that 'it's their choice' is not a valid reason due to the fact that we always have the choice - some choices are just wrong ones. Another subtle complaint I had was the way that society seems to present a choice of 'no' as no choice at all - that is to say, if I say 'no' to contraception, I haven't exercised my choice, I've denied a choice2. To exercise your choice, you must choose 'yes.'
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