Comments on: Liberals Can, And Ought To, Say That Adultery Is Wrong http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/liberals-can-and-ought-to-say-that-adultery-is-wrong/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Samhita http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/liberals-can-and-ought-to-say-that-adultery-is-wrong/#comment-6557 Samhita Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:34:02 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-6557 That paragraph is taken out of context a little. I actually didn't say Spitzer is not an asshole, I think he totally is. Just trying to broaden the debate. Thanks for the link. That paragraph is taken out of context a little. I actually didn’t say Spitzer is not an asshole, I think he totally is. Just trying to broaden the debate.

Thanks for the link.

]]> By: David Margolies http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/liberals-can-and-ought-to-say-that-adultery-is-wrong/#comment-6556 David Margolies Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:39:57 +0000 http://whippersnapper.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-6556 I think flag burning is wrong because it is bad behavior. Gratuitously offending others with public behavior is always suspect, and I always oppose flag burning (by a citizen or resident of the country whose flag is being burnt) because the rhetorical upside simply never seems worth the cost to offense. (It is also bad behavior to burn someone else's flag, but that is another show.) I just do not think it should be illegal. Most bad behavior isn't. (Now we can get into other cases: a man gratuitously kissing his boyfriend in public obviously offends some people and screw them I say. I said 'suspect' above rather than 'always wrong' and then applied my judgment to the case at hand.) So it is wrong that "liberals" (I certainly am one) "have no problem with" flag burning. I think flag burning is wrong because it is bad behavior. Gratuitously offending others with public behavior is always suspect, and I always oppose flag burning (by a citizen or resident of the country whose flag is being burnt) because the rhetorical upside simply never seems worth the cost to offense.
(It is also bad behavior to burn someone else’s flag, but that is another show.)

I just do not think it should be illegal. Most bad behavior isn’t.

(Now we can get into other cases: a man gratuitously kissing his boyfriend in public obviously offends some people and screw them I say. I said ’suspect’ above rather than ‘always wrong’ and then applied my judgment to the case at hand.)

So it is wrong that “liberals” (I certainly am one) “have no problem with” flag burning.

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