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andru235
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when i first had gay sex, it was illegal here in minnesota. my two thus-far-most-significant relationships (6 + 13 months) transpired while gay sex was illegal.
ooooh, the harm i caused society, breaking such a law. should i have waited - possibly indefinetly - for such a law to be overturned? how much respect should we really give to the law?
the reason that i don't go around killing and raping is because of my morals, not because of the law. (obviously in these cases, however, the laws must be strictly enforced). on the other hand, the only reason i don't eat magic mushrooms more often is because they are illegal, and thus difficult to find (when i do find them, i eat them, ignoring the law as one perhaps ignores a nagging in-law).
so in some cases, it is vital that the law is upheld. yet, had the sodomy laws been upheld, it would have been travestuous.
someone said that the law creates more criminals than it prevents; obviously there is some word mangling involved there. but i think of marijuana, that delightful little plant whose legal status is responsible for like 30% of u.s. incarcerations.
on the other hand, i most certainly expect society's leaders and the wealthy to be held most accountable to the laws, at least those laws affecting the power structure and its effect upon the average person. i certainly do not think we should do the roman thing and have harsher penalties for the lower classes...if we can't ascertain equal penalties for all, then what are we doing, calling ourselves a just nation? why do certain former enron-ceo's still have eight nice cars, three mansions, a tropical bungalow, memberships at several high-price golf courses, etc. etc., while those 16,000 people continue to not have the retirement funds that they worked for over 20+ years? seems like said ceo would fare excellently with two nice cars, one mansion, etc.; of course it is not all the fault of that ceo.
anyway, who cares. we're going to the moon again!
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