"Tracy B. Harms" <t_b_harms@...> wrote:
--- In thomasszaszdiscussion@yahoogroups.com, Charles Howard
<ozarkheretic@y...> wrote:
> Good points, Tracy. Notice how we are debating the meaning
> and connotation of words. What does it mean to "regulate"?

This does not seem an important aspect of our discussion, to me.

What does not seem to be an important aspect of our discussion? Are we only
going to discuss "important aspects of our discussion"? Who is to decide what's
important and what is less important, or not important?



I am interested in "liberty" and "freedom". Should people be free to do
whatever they want if what they do is not a crime? Let's agree that they can.
What should be a crime? Should society put restrictions on a person's
reproduction and if a person does not obey those restrictions, should his
conduct be deemed to be a crime? Should there be limits on the number of
children that a woman should be allowed to bear? If the woman is destitute,
should she be allowed to have children? One, two, three,.... ten? Does each
child become a ward of the state? Does the child have a right to expect the
state to take care of it if his mother (or father) will not take care of it? To
what extent should "responsible" people have money taken from them, that they
might use to take care of their own children, to be used to take care of
children of men and women who don't take care of their children? Should
irresponsible men and women not be allowed to reproduce? Is the number of
children whose
parents do not make a true effort to take care of them becoming a problem in
society? American society? How about other countries?







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