Originally Posted by
The Dude
But preaching to them is fine!
Lol
Actually preaching to them is protected speech, so yeah, that is "fine"... Just as preaching to the SuperChristians is your right, or putting up some sign next to the Christmas display.
What social radicals who call themselves conservatives don't understand is that whether something is "natural" or to them "desirable" has no bearing on law if you are dedicated to personal responsibility and freedoms. What two adults want to do, so long as they do not cross into violation of others rights, is their responsibility and right. You cannot legislate righteousness into others lives.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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