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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kenn_b 11 Oct \ parent \ on: What is a resolution to the divisions in the USA? mostly_harmless
you are totally correct. This is exactly what is wrong. When people start thinking their convictions need to be pushed on others, this is what happens.
Abortion as an example, if everyone had a choice to choose what they want to do, isn't that a compromise? If I do not agree, nobody is forcing me to have it, if I choose to have it, nobody should tell me I cannot.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 11 Oct
You have to know that the disagreement on abortion is about the baby and its rights. Some believe it has rights and some do not. Some believe it is a human and others do not.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 8 Dec
Just a thought experiment…what if abortion and murder were completely legal. Instead of the state enforcing laws with violence, the people themselves decided what to do if rights are violated.
Let’s say someone kills your brother. The state is not involved at all - it is up to the victims family to decide what they will do - spend time and resources to figure out who the killer is and punish him? Mourn and get on with their lives?
Many different ways to punish the murderer. Simply refuse to do business with him and ostracize him from society, or take his life in retribution. Each has consequences for the perpetrator, victims, and society as a whole that have to be weighed.
Humans made these decisions themselves for millennia before we had laws or governments.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kenn_b 12 Oct
that is a good point, but the compromise is still the same, each person can decide for themselves. If someone chooses to have abortion, they have to live with the consequences. This topic is not so complicated, until people start pressing their views.
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