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Reply #20: there's always a contingent cost to society from somebody's actions...
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:27 PM
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20. there's always a contingent cost to society from somebody's actions... |
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If a merely contingent cost is justification for state action why doesn't the government have the power to compel people to demonstrate they can afford to raise a kid before they have sex?
If a merely contingent cost is justification for state action why doesn't the government have the right to compel peple to take mandatory tests for sexually transmitted diseases before they have sex?
One can always think of reasons to infringe on somebody's else's freedoms?
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