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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Slave/Penske -
Just out of curiosity... Both of you seem socially somewhat liberal. I read Roe to state that there's an inherent right to privacy in the Constitution. Both of you, like me, probably value your right to engage in whatever sex or drug use you like in private, or at least be safe from having the state dictate what you do in the most private areas of your personal lives. I agree with you that Roe is not the best written ruling ever. I even understand the argument that states should be allowed to regulate abortion.
But what I don't get is why the two of you would celebrate - or anyone would celebrate - the possible rolling back of our right to privacy recognized (yes, I meant "recognized"... if you think the right to privacy wasn't implicit in the Constitution, then we may as well have no rights at all... crumble the document up and burn it), under Roe.
You do realize, don't you, that Roe goes far beyond a mere woman's right to choose? Privacy affects men, too. And it affects the sort of people like a lot of us here, who like to 'enjoy' our lives more than some think we should.
You all want a strong nasty govt and rigid rule authoritarianism (amazingly/absurdly misrepresented as states rights). But I wonder, what would you cry if the hardass policies you favor from afar were brought to bear on you? Everybody's real quick to govern others and take away tolerant policies... until those policies affect them. I hope you all never need to face the question of abortion, because I think you'd all show yourselves to be incredible hypocrites.
I guess I do predict a little bit,
SD
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I think my rght to privacy ends where it actively infringes on someone's right to quiet enjoyment of their same such right.
Drug use in the home by a consenting adult; sex acts in private between consenting adults...okay. Drug/alcohol abuse that endangers the life of an unborn child when pregnant? Haven't we said as a society that this is something that is not part of that right? I think I am okay with that......[slippery slope]killing an unborn child because its inconvenient???[/slippery slope]
I am not sure that is hypocritical. I might like to kill some people (or at least run them out of town-hi RT!)because they are inconvenient too but my rights don't extend that far. either.
