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[Discuss] Govt Source Code Policy
- Subject: [Discuss] Govt Source Code Policy
- From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 18:51:26 -0400
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On 4/5/2016 5:33 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: > Laws are based on morality; or more simply: good and bad, right and > wrong. They always have been. I could point you to a primer, but > I'm trying to stay on topic. Patently false. Not all laws are based on morality. For example, what side of the road you drive on has nothing to do with morals. Neither do speed limits or the laws requiring buses to stop at railroad crossings. Nor do the laws mandating health insurance and income taxes. Nor laws requiring dogs to be registered with the city or town. Fact is, most laws in the US have nothing to do with morality. Those laws which are based on morality are based on some individuals' morality rather than morality as a general thing. Examples of these include the Volstead Act and blue laws. Most of which have been repealed or amended in the US, or are in the process of being repealed or amended, because legislating morality against the wishes of the citizenry is the kind of thing that despots and zealots do. Which are you, a despot or a zealot? -- Rich P.
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