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Originally posted by Bleeding Red@Dec 9 2004, 01:06 PM
If society decides that practicing a homicidal lifestyle is ok, then is it?
If the majority of society decides to go back to practicing a patriarcal lifestyle (where women have no rights) is it ok? If the majority of society decides to practice a Christian lifestyle and wants their laws to reflect that, is that ok?
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Is that ok? Well, yes.
You seem to be advocating a "wag the dog" scenario where the rules dictate society, not society dictates the rules.
Like it or not, things change. The line in the sand moves.
If 25 million Canadians wanted to go back to a patriarchal society then we would. It would happen and the laws would be changed to reflect that.
If we wanted to move forward to a homicidal society then we'd do that to. We would change the rules to reflect what we see as acceptable. It sounds like a real wild place so I might look into it.
If the majority of society wanted to live a Christian lifestyle then the majority of society would indeed live a Christian lifestyle and the rules would be changed.