SciFiBoy said:
so, that discredits him completley yes? how can anyone defend thoose views? |
I've seen people defend stranger views than that. Mafoo thinks that the government should play as little a role as possible in people's lives, even if some rights get trampled in the process. He just thinks that a lot more rights are worth trampling than some of us do as he values the government staying in its own little corner more than some of us do.
I think everyone agrees with the principle that government should play a little a role as possible in people's lives, but everyone disagrees on how little of a role is as little of a role as possible. I and many of you think that healthcare is part of what the government should be responsible for, but we are against the government telling people what religion to believe in.
So I don't think anyone disagrees with the principle that the government should play as small of a role as possible in people's lives. But none of us agree on where to draw that line.
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