tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post1666068819953698740..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: Happy SundayAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-50254976148682197782008-07-25T10:35:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:35:00.000-07:00I guess I'm just with John Stuart Mill on the ques...I guess I'm just with John Stuart Mill on the question of individual liberty -- if something someone else is doing is not harming me directly, why should I care? If it doesn't interfere with my life, why should I care?<BR/><BR/>I know the challenge may be in defining "interfere" -- but once you start going down that road, where do you stop? Maybe I happen to hate the color green. I look out the window and that's all I see. So do I outlaw trees? (Or interrupt them while they're giving a sermon?)Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-23988899376732000512008-07-23T20:16:00.000-07:002008-07-23T20:16:00.000-07:00In a democracy (albeit an idealistic one, though I...In a democracy (albeit an idealistic one, though I don't believe this ruins the logic) the government represents the predominant beliefs of the whole. Therefor, government recognition of something would represent the majority of America recognizing that thing. Government recognition of gay marriage would represent the majority recognizing (and consequently condoning) gay marriage, which as we saw in California (a progressive state if there ever was one) simply is not the case (currently, at least).<BR/><BR/>To that end it does not seem right that the government recognize (or condone) gay marriage. <BR/><BR/>At a time in history the government fought to punish and correct what it thought (the majority thought) to be sexual deviancy (contraception, homosexuality, etc.). That is simply no longer the case. So at least in terms of government recognition we do not care what happens in private bedrooms.Tony Pistillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535061535008560503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-31347781761492660762008-07-14T12:10:00.000-07:002008-07-14T12:10:00.000-07:00You know my thoughts on this, of course. (For thos...You know my thoughts on this, of course. (For those of you who don't: I'm a straight person who helps fight for gay rights.)<BR/><BR/>But, my uptight acquaintances tell me that they're not particularly concerned with what people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms, it's the fact that gay people are (*GASP*) being affectionate (*my eyes bleed from all this hand-holding!*) in public places. They don't want to see it or be exposed to it, because then their kids might think it's normal and OK.<BR/><BR/>The children! We must think for^H^H^H of the children!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com