And, I never said that a temple recommend was a litmus test for morality.
A WoW violation is not a moral issue (except, I suppose one could argue that a deliberate violation of the law is a moral issue, but the mere consumption of the bad stuff is not a moral issue). That is my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.
I agree with you but from the Church's POV it appears to not agree with you. I assumed you were taking the Church's stand.
The church appears to have a desire to make WoW violations a morality issue. Do you feel that way? That is how I looked at it after listening to my priesthood leaders humbly and obediently.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
bcspace wrote:I might consider the legalization of drugs iff it could be guarenteed that businesses and schools etc. were allowed to test and suspend, kick out, hire and fire based on the findings. But that's the kicker. Why should these entities be forced to spend money and time on such things?
I think I'd rather see the police truncheoning hippies, beatniks, thugs, and bikers on every corner until they've stopped using drugs. Round up addicts and give them the choice of a year in isolation or life in prison unless they finger who they're getting drugs from and work your way up the line with ever increasing incarceration times. etc. etc. My own kid? Do it.
It sounds to me like bcspace might have a job in the prison industry, perhaps the lobby itself?.
I detest my loose style and my libertine sentiments. I thank God, who has removed from my eyes the veil... Adrian Beverland
bcspace wrote:I might consider the legalization of drugs iff it could be guarenteed that businesses and schools etc. were allowed to test and suspend, kick out, hire and fire based on the findings. But that's the kicker. Why should these entities be forced to spend money and time on such things?
I think I'd rather see the police truncheoning hippies, beatniks, thugs, and bikers on every corner until they've stopped using drugs. Round up addicts and give them the choice of a year in isolation or life in prison unless they finger who they're getting drugs from and work your way up the line with ever increasing incarceration times. etc. etc. My own kid? Do it.
It sounds to me like bcspace might have a job in the prison industry, perhaps the lobby itself?.
I think he's a time traveler. Beatnicks and bikers? Hippies?
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
Blixa wrote:I think he's a time traveler. Beatnicks and bikers? Hippies?
For some reason, I'm picturing Broderick Crawford beating the crap out of Maynard G. Krebs. Not only is bcspace a time traveler, but he's a conglomeration of 1950s TV stereotypes. Awesome.
It's the ravers, DJs and bankers these days, space.
Don't forget the lawyers.
"I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. ... Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I." - Joseph Smith, 1844
It's the ravers, DJs and bankers these days, space.
Don't forget the lawyers.
I didn't smoke while in law school until my last semester. I did estimate that about half of the students at any given party were smokers, and some of those much more than that. I was still too straight.
Missed out on some good parties.
I detest my loose style and my libertine sentiments. I thank God, who has removed from my eyes the veil... Adrian Beverland
I am having difficulty getting past the guilty untill proven innocent aspect of Spaces desired policy. From him I expect revolting opinions but this one suprised me.
Bc, would you give an exemption to dopers like William F. Buckley who travel outside the three mile limit on their yachts to have a toke? Isn't it best to reserve the flogging for those miscreant hippies, beatniks and neer-do-wells?