Who killed Mr. Boddy in the study and with what?: the great debate topic™®

[Xealyth]

Different groups have different sets of morals. The government should not choose which are right or wrong.

That's handicapped. They might as well leave that country, or the planet in general, as I'm sure no matter where you go you won't be free to express whatever belief you want, assuming they are unethical as forget. Nobody wants to have idiots running around with their half-ass beliefs thinking it's completely fine.

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[Darryl McKoy]

Law should only decide things when someone has harmed someone else.

So we're just glossing over all the other areas of law that don't involve one party harming another? What you're saying is too simplified and general, it would never work. No law scholar would agree with you.

[Nonnel]

So we're just glossing over all the other areas of law that don't involve one party harming another? What you're saying is too simplified and general, it would never work. No law scholar would agree with you.

What necessary law does not stop someone from harming someone else?

[Darryl McKoy]

What necessary law does not stop someone from harming someone else?

Slipping the word 'necessary' in there changes the question dramatically. How do you objectively define necessary law?

[Nonnel]

Slipping the word 'necessary' in there changes the question dramatically. How do you objectively define necessary law?

I mean a law that you find necessary

[Lego lad]

nonnel vs the world: the great debate topic

[Darryl McKoy]

Well any law that stops someone harming themselves for starters, you need to be more specific in what you mean.

My point is that if you start researching what law scholars deem to be the purposes of law, you will invariably find that one of the reasons is to protect what is deemed to be the common morality. Government will always weigh in on morals unless you're proposing the two are completely separated.

[Nonnel]

what i mean is that government should be detached from moral positions which are up for debate or have been up against major resistance for a long time. harming or killing a person, any sane person agrees, is bad. some people think birth control and abortion are bad or immoral, others don't, so leave the government out of it.

[Darryl McKoy]

some people think birth control and abortion are bad or immoral, others don't, so leave the government out of it.

So you don't think government officials should represent the morals of the majority of their constituents?

How you think government should run isn't functional. Policy is what they do, and policy will always fall somewhere on the moral continuum

[Shift Kitty]

damn ALMOST voted for the two least popular answers again but i switched one of them so it's k

[Trogtor]

yes execute anyone who thinks homoloveuality is ok

[Maxwell.]

also arrest anyone that thinks we shouldn't nuke china and australia, and also invade canada

hint: we should. forget you.

[SteveJenkins]

also arrest anyone that thinks we shouldn't nuke china and australia

hint: we should. forget you.

I was about to detest but

tony abbott

yeah go ahead can we come back to Britain now?

[Maxwell.]

I was about to detest but

tony abbott

yeah go ahead can we come back to Britain now?

no. new zealand.

[Red Spy]

No, the government shouldn't restrict freedom of speech.
Even if someone is acting completely handicapped, they still have a right to say what they say.