Honest question
So if the US is the land of liberty, individual freedom, or how it pronounces itself to be, why the sudden shift allowing the state to control people's life more than any other Western country?
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Pretzel · 70-79, M
All governments are about limiting personal freedoms.
One anonymous judge (quoted in the Harvard Law review in the early 1900s) was quoted as saying that "my right to swing my arms around in any direction ends where the other fellow's nose begins".
People are quick to say "there oughta be a law" when they are offended by a thought/word/deed.
And laws change based, not on our getting smarter or kinder but based on what the people in charge decides is good and proper.
Slavery in the US was legal for a few centuries, now it's not and we punish slave traffiking. Booze was legal - then a Constituional Amendment made it illegal - then it was legal. Marijuana and opium were legal until they weren't. Abortion was illegal, then legal, now it's up to individual states.
I'm coming to the realization that there is no universal truth regarding right and wrong - only the majority viewpoint.
One anonymous judge (quoted in the Harvard Law review in the early 1900s) was quoted as saying that "my right to swing my arms around in any direction ends where the other fellow's nose begins".
People are quick to say "there oughta be a law" when they are offended by a thought/word/deed.
And laws change based, not on our getting smarter or kinder but based on what the people in charge decides is good and proper.
Slavery in the US was legal for a few centuries, now it's not and we punish slave traffiking. Booze was legal - then a Constituional Amendment made it illegal - then it was legal. Marijuana and opium were legal until they weren't. Abortion was illegal, then legal, now it's up to individual states.
I'm coming to the realization that there is no universal truth regarding right and wrong - only the majority viewpoint.
bijouxbroussard · F
@Pretzel And not even a majority of the people this will affect. Most people (68%) supported choice when this ruling was issued. In choosing these justices, Trump once again acted as president of the GOP and not of the USA.