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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
That's true Mike, but the question really becomes where does the PC movement stop?
Let's say one person in the US is deeply personally offended by 1976 Continental Orange Porsche 911s. Pick a reason, maybe his dog was run over by that exact car as a child and he never recovered, whatever. So he sues to ask the gubmint to outlaw 1976 Continental Orange Porsche 911s. Is that reasonable? His beliefs are just as important as the next guy's...where does it end? Somewhere reality and common sense have to step in, I keep waiting for that moment to occur.
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No, it's not reasonable. You kind of made my point for me. I don't think the government should be involved in legislating people's "beliefs". Just because some wacko doesn't like the beautiful shade of Continental Orange, the government shouldn't back him up with some inane legislation.
The government should never have legislated the "under God" statement into the pledge in the first place.
I think the real problem is that we, collectively, cannot agree on what is moral and what is not. There are huge gray areas. Some of the fruit is low hanging (child pornography) and some of it isn't (gay marriage). There are those that don't think I should be able to purchase lottery tickets because it violates what they feel is moral. Should lotteries be illegal?
Mike