Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> I'm not sure if that's true. Is it society's job? If so, does
> government enact the will of society?
No. That's where a whole mess comes into play. At least in my opinion
Government's role is to get out of the way of society. It is to set a
minimum.. BARE minimum standard of how to treat one another and from there on,
get the hell out of dodge. It is because of two basic ideas.
1: Only government has the coercive power of law and the military.
2: Government is made up of people.
Do you want other people to coerce you and use the military into what they
feel is a proper society? I certainly don't. I'm sure that many people here
would be opposed to what I consider a proper society and would not want me to
have the power of coercion and the military to back up my views.
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Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream?
PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do...
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