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From: thain@magic.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court Ruling on Sodomy
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Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 17:42:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 14 17:42:11 1986
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In article <322@hp-sdd.UUCP>, nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes:
> In article <848@unirot.UUCP> ooblick@unirot.UUCP (Mikki Barry) writes:
> >In article <318@hp-sdd.UUCP> nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes:

> >In this light, does it change your opinion of the ruling?  Do you wish the
> >government to certify ok and not ok sexual habits?  
> >
> But to seriously answer your questions:
> NO and YES. 

     I find your opinion on this matter as scary as any boegy man that ever
crawled out of a closet. Your willing to allow the government to dictate to
you, ( and I should point out, everyone around you), how you should conduct
your moral behavior. Even worse, you advocate that these same people should
be allowed to dictate to *me*. That's pretty scary, when you look at the 
adminstrations that have spawned such illuminaries of our time like Joesph
McCarthy, Edward Wallace, Lyndon LaRouche, and other "free thinkers" of our
age.
      
> The line has to be drawn somewhere.  Hasn't anyone else noticed the moral
> decay in this country, or is everyone afraid of getting flamed or called
> a Bible thumper?  

     Who's morals? Granted that the moral fiber of America has shifted from the
Juedo-Christian-Puritan mold, but that's not necessarily unhealthy. You seem
to feel that the government is here to protect you, take care of you, see that
the "real world" outside is kept at arm's length. I don't have any problem with
that, just keep me out of it. I've watched and read of too many examples of 
what happens to a society which gives up it's freedoms, any freedoms, even 
those you don't particulary find pleasant, or those that fit your own moral 
code.

     One day they take away your right to practice certain sexual positions, 
then it's sexual behavior, then it's "believe in us, because we tell you to,"
then it's "it was for your own good". C'mon Nick, your mother raised you to be 
a thinking person, able to make intelligent decisions about your life. Let
the rest of us have the same privilage, without the need of "surrogate parents"
watching our every move.

                        Happy Trails,

                          Glenn

Proud member, HASA
thain@src.DEC.COM

( The opinions above are my own, colored by my education and experiences,
 and in no way should be attributed to anyone else, unless they wish them 
 to be.)