Laws are supposed to protect society, not tell people what's innately right and wrong.
That's your opinion, but it's not universal or inherent to modern democracy.
When it comes down to it, few people (myself included) really actually want a society where laws are purely about protecting individual rights.
Do you believe in animal cruelty laws? There's nothing in our government's design indicating that animals have their own rights to protect, so who are we to enforce our morality on what an individual does with his property in the privacy of his own home?
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on 2008-07-14 05:35 pm (UTC)That's your opinion, but it's not universal or inherent to modern democracy.
When it comes down to it, few people (myself included) really actually want a society where laws are purely about protecting individual rights.
Do you believe in animal cruelty laws? There's nothing in our government's design indicating that animals have their own rights to protect, so who are we to enforce our morality on what an individual does with his property in the privacy of his own home?