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godwulf · 03-14-2004, 11:27 PM

Just reading through all the previous posts, and thank goodness the stream of conversation seems to have come back from the whole composting toilet-septic system sub-thread...and just for the record, isn't the Clivus Multrum a female erotic zone?

I used to listen to a lot of (mainly 'conservative') talk radio - sacrificing innumerable brain cells in an effort to keep abreast of the latest, cutting-edge developments in the field of logical fallacies - so I'm aware of the tendency of those who like to think of themselves as 'conservatives' to blame just about any nutty, anal or illogical behavior, law or policy (with which they happen to disagree) on 'liberals'.

While I haven't been exposed to all that much far-left rhetoric, I suspect that there are also vocal forces out there somewhere, laying every nutty, anal or illogical behavior, law or policy with which THEY disagree at the door of 'conservatives'.

Let's be honest about this - it isn't one 'side' more than the other that practices (what, if you agree with it, you call) civil disobedience or (if you don't, you call) "ignoring the law". Feeling strongly enough about a given thing to (some would say) "flout" or (in others' eyes) "challenge" a law is something entirely apart from how one pigeon-holes oneself politically, socially or religiously.

So is the compulsion to micro-manage the lives of others - it is not, if one thinks about it seriously, while tuning out the one-sided rhetoric of the far left AND the far right, a 'conservative' OR a 'liberal' thing to do; it's what those people do who feel the need to do it, regardless of their politics.

Are we living in some kind of an anarchistic post-law society? Not at all - but I believe that average people ARE becoming more convinced that when it comes to matters intimately affecting their personal lives, bureaucrats and legislators have gone far beyond their mandate and authority, and that the courts are their only hope for restoring some balance and sanity to government.

03-14-2004, 11:27 PM	#20
godwulf Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 96	Just reading through all the previous posts, and thank goodness the stream of conversation seems to have come back from the whole composting toilet-septic system sub-thread...and just for the record, isn't the Clivus Multrum a female erotic zone? I used to listen to a lot of (mainly 'conservative') talk radio - sacrificing innumerable brain cells in an effort to keep abreast of the latest, cutting-edge developments in the field of logical fallacies - so I'm aware of the tendency of those who like to think of themselves as 'conservatives' to blame just about any nutty, anal or illogical behavior, law or policy (with which they happen to disagree) on 'liberals'. While I haven't been exposed to all that much far-left rhetoric, I suspect that there are also vocal forces out there somewhere, laying every nutty, anal or illogical behavior, law or policy with which THEY disagree at the door of 'conservatives'. Let's be honest about this - it isn't one 'side' more than the other that practices (what, if you agree with it, you call) civil disobedience or (if you don't, you call) "ignoring the law". Feeling strongly enough about a given thing to (some would say) "flout" or (in others' eyes) "challenge" a law is something entirely apart from how one pigeon-holes oneself politically, socially or religiously. So is the compulsion to micro-manage the lives of others - it is not, if one thinks about it seriously, while tuning out the one-sided rhetoric of the far left AND the far right, a 'conservative' OR a 'liberal' thing to do; it's what those people do who feel the need to do it, regardless of their politics. Are we living in some kind of an anarchistic post-law society? Not at all - but I believe that average people ARE becoming more convinced that when it comes to matters intimately affecting their personal lives, bureaucrats and legislators have gone far beyond their mandate and authority, and that the courts are their only hope for restoring some balance and sanity to government.