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Originally Posted by x-factor
GC - If you don't see how that Ben Franklin quote supports my case more than yours, then you need to read more of Ben Franklin's work.
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Fair enough.
I'll clarify my thesis:
I propose that protecting individual liberties (corruption of the government)
and protecting the culture at large from internal corruption are necessary for this nation to stand.
Admittedly, this is a difficult tightrope to walk and I do not claim to have the wisdom to know exactly how to do it.
I will argue that it is necessary to consider future unintended consequences when discerning the limits of individual liberty (the right-to-contract being among those liberties).
You have argued that reining in certain aspects of right-to-contract with respect to Sharia law is starting down a slippery slope.
I am arguing that the institution of Sharia law under the guise of right-to-contract is merely an attempt to gain a beachhead.
Once they have concentrated enough power, they will attempt to corrupt the culture from within, destroying the very freedoms they once exploited.
This is not so much an issue of legal technicalities as it is an issue of political will.
Our country has the political will to fight the enemy on all fronts, or it does not.