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Subject: Re: Supreme Court Ruling on Sodomy
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Date: Tue, 15-Jul-86 14:08:23 EDT
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In article <322@hp-sdd.UUCP> nick@hp-sdd.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes:
>
>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?  
>
>Nick V. Flor 
>..hplabs!hp-sdd!nick

Well now, what exactly is moral decay?  Popularity of diverse 
sexual practices is evidence of moral decay?  Do you have any evidence
that oral sex weakens someones morals?  (of course if you believe
that oral sex is inherently immoral you've satisfied this circularly,
but then you'll have to convince me that oral sex is inherently immoral).

How about laws that are unenforced or almost unenforcable?  Laws
that many people break routinely?  Laws with apparently no logical 
basis?  These laws contribute towards lack of respect for the
law in general.  Once somebody regards one ridiculous law as a joke,
how much more does it take to spread this attitude to law in general?

Or what about ridiculous lawsuits, say suing the makers of a ladder
because they didn't specifically state that you should be sure it
is planted securely?  

Seems to me that THIS contributes to "moral decay".

                                                      -Dwight