It is a simple concept - don't tell me what to do and I won't make demands on you either. We agree to live within the bounds of moral conduct, don't steal from each other, respect our personal space, etc etc - this is basic stuff too, stuff we knew as toddlers.
A social contract of sorts, a sign of civilised society.
Now that the re-emerging Religious Right has abandoned that contract, what would be the reasonable response from people like me who have zero association with anything religious? Do I have to raise my level of protest to what they are using? Does making laws that take away rights mean the victims have to fight back "with the only resources left to us"?
Southern USA groups taking away SSM and abortion rights are the spark for this tirade.
Karlin
PS - since when did hitting Control-W make the webpage shut off? - I was trying to post this earlier, with many links etc...., and it blinked out... odd, that it should happend on this topic!!
A social contract of sorts, a sign of civilised society.
Now that the re-emerging Religious Right has abandoned that contract, what would be the reasonable response from people like me who have zero association with anything religious? Do I have to raise my level of protest to what they are using? Does making laws that take away rights mean the victims have to fight back "with the only resources left to us"?
Southern USA groups taking away SSM and abortion rights are the spark for this tirade.
Karlin
PS - since when did hitting Control-W make the webpage shut off? - I was trying to post this earlier, with many links etc...., and it blinked out... odd, that it should happend on this topic!!