Originally posted by hloc:
Hi Hitler II...... long & short of my answer will be
[b]NO......
NO, I don't want to be arrested......
NO, I'm not into any illegal activity.....
NO, I don't think the Govt has been behaving like
a dictator, the prove being that most of us here are not under
arrest or anything....
NO, I still believe prevention is better than
cure, the JI case prove it.
NO, the world is not fair..... and all those u
QUOTED are Ideas from GREAT man about a perfect WORLD...... But
sadly, this WORLD is far from perfect.
btw..... the same Great Man you quoted from now have followers who
insist that you join them or die...... so much for following
ethical principal of
reversibility/reciprocity[/b]
Hmm I think you didn't really get my question.
Yes you do not want to be arrested but what if the
govt insists on detaining you when you are innocent but they think
you ain't.
yesyou don't get involved in any illegal activity
but what if the gov't just thinks you have and detain you for a few
years until they prove that you are harmless.
Yeswe cannot say that the govt is acting like a
dictator. But to a certain extent, our freedom and rights are
compromised and I believe that these compromises can be better
worked out.
Yesof course prevention is better than cure, but
not at the expense of people's life
NO my quotes aren't
from people who think about a perfect world, but are outlines to an
ethical society and world. I guess you do not understand the
difference between universability and reversibility.
Universability is that some sacrifce is acceptable for the
majority's well-being. And reversability is more of an individual
basis. So the question is whether the sacrifice of some of our
citizen's 'LIFE' and one day even OUR own 'LIFE' acceptable?
If you feel that, yes you'l be willing to be detained/exiled if the
gov't suspects you but you are innocent, you have a strong
stand.
