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Originally Posted by filtherton
Yep, the whole "people using government to enforce their personal preferences on privately-owned areas that need not ever effect them personally" thing. You know you have a certain similarity there, too.
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Sure, as long as you keep ignoring that second part.
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Do you propose some sort of "callousness test" for parents before they are allowed to give their child permission to work?
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Observations of working conditions should do it.
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Okay, how about this, private businesses take the "gift" of having their business subsidized through the various protections and infrastructure provided by the government.
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Almost clever. But you're right to put 'gift' in quotes. It's not a gift. They pay for it. (And they aren't exactly given the option not to.)
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I'm just saying that "you're being unreasonable." is a poor argument.
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Well, that's not the full extent of what I said, is it?
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So I am similar to James Dobson, in that we are both "people using government to enforce their personal preferences on privately-owned areas that need not ever effect them personally" which is just another way of saying that we share the same affinity for "nosy authoritarianism."
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Sure, as long as you keep ignoring that second part.
At least you're now implicitly noting that I never condemned
all authoritarianism. Baby steps, I guess.
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You know kids are allowed in smoke filled restaurants, right? And these kids might not have the power and/or authority to escape from such a situation, should it turn harmful?
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Pass a law that bans those under 18 from entering smoke-allowed areas. I wouldn't oppose it.
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No, I know that the nuance exists, I just don't think your position is entirely consistent, and I know you disagree.
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It still doesn't seem like you're talking about my argument. It seems like you're talking about a somewhat similar argument.
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She chose to marry me, live in my house and can leave at any time. Any attempts by her to stop me from beating her are unreasonable.
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You should've been upfront about the beating aspect of the marriage before it happened. I could've sworn I said something about deceit before...
Also, it's just not very nice to beat your wife.