Supracentral said:George Hanson: They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.
Billy: Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut.
George Hanson: Oh, no. What you represent to them is freedom.
Billy: What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about.
George Hanson: Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.
Billy: Well, it don't make 'em runnin' scared.
George Hanson: No, it makes 'em dangerous.
That little exchange is probably closer to the truth than most people want to admit. What is it about freedom that scares you folks so badly that you want to take it away? If you are willing to take freedom from others, how much of yours are you willing to give up? At what point do we draw the line. The bedroom isn't safe. With hate crime legistlation, thoughts aren't safe. Your medical health is not your own. Your life isn't even your own.
Where do we draw the line? How far is too far? At what point does the governments intervention in your life become more than you can stand?
How far are you willing to go to protect your children from getting STDs and getting raped? If you had a son, or daughter, would you tell them that under-aged drinking is wrong, then turn around and say "but if you do want to drink, here's a 40oz. just in case, because I don't want to get in the way of your choices." There is a right and a wrong. Sorry to break it to ya. This isn't a government thing, you're making it one yes, but it shouldn't be. What opened the doors here?
60 years ago, what was the "Norm"? Was there this huge problem with teens getting pregnant? Nope. They did, and it happened, but it wasn't this big. That's because it seen as wrong. Now, having sex is ok, no problem, there's even a pill for anything that might go wrong. Is there a big problem with teen pregnancy? Sure as hell there is, and what changed? Schools telling teens it's ok to have sex, just be careful.
Where did Fuck come from? They tried to make it a law, and stop people from having babies, did that last long, nope! Fornication Under Consent of King. FUCK. That's what I heard anyway. Now that would be a freedome issue. The pill? no, that's not even a freedome issue.