Comments on: New Florida Town Would Trample Your Right to Buy Porn

By: actus

actus — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:49:55 +0000

“Your using “think” and “ACLU” in the same sentence… ”

People’s minds turn off as soon as they hear ‘ACLU.’ The lower reflexes take over.

By: Balsamic

Balsamic — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:22:48 +0000

“Maybe Catholicism scares some people to the point of stupidity.”

It does. They’re called Catholics.

In all seriousness, while your essay is somewhat meandering and bombastic and is barely on-point, I heartily agree that Monaghan, an established idiot who backs Intelligent Design, can do as he pleases with Godburg. It would be one thing if the town were planning to permit all sorts of crazy and illegal stuff, a la Branch-Davidian-style cult (e.g., sex with underage girls, drugs and so on). But in this case the controversy surrounds what is *not* going to go on. Whoop-de-do! Don’t move there if it bothers you. Florida is a rathole anyway. The Scientologists have already wrecked Clearwater, so people should be thankful that this religious community is going to be self-contained.

By: kender

kender — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:10:52 +0000

“But if no one stood up for the wrong side then we’d have a pretty one sided way of thinking and we’d never progress.”

No, if nobody stood up for the wrong side many liberal wonks would be out of a job and everything would be all “Right”!!!

By: insomniak517

insomniak517 — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:37:59 +0000

I’ve been reading this blog for a couple weeks now and, until now, have yet to see something worth commenting on.

While I am not outraged by this overstepping of the ACLU, I do agree that I am in fine with this proposal. As a strong liberal, I see these actions as the abilities of a free society. Nobody in this situation is having anything forced upon them (so long as the people within this town have ok’d this move.) This is capitalism at its best! If people want this then they’ll move there. If they don’t, then they won’t, and it will fail.

On the other hand, I don’t think that the ACLU fighting this is condemnable. I think they’re wrong. But if no one stood up for the wrong side then we’d have a pretty one sided way of thinking and we’d never progress.

Thanks to the owner for this blog and these comments. And thanks to Professor Bainbridge for linking me here a few weeks ago.

By: Gribbit's Word

Gribbit's Word — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:02:09 +0000

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By: ELF

ELF — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:22:45 +0000

Unless it was the implementation of Sharia law, I don’t see the ACLU being in favor of it.

So everyone buy your wife a new burka for Christmas, oops, I mean Rammadan.

Seriously though, if the Muslims can demand that a place like Canada must implement Sharia Law, how long until the cartoon protestors start screaming to allow the muslims clusters outside of Detroit and across the US to live under Sharia.

What’s good for the muslims should be good for the catholics, right? Or was that why we had the crusades?

By: kender

kender — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:17:41 +0000

I see your point ELF…..”think” and “ACLU” in the same sentence when the word “think” is stating a supposed action of the ACLU is a rather obvious…what? impossibility? Pipe dream?

Whatever it is, it is highly unlikely to happen.

By: ELF

ELF — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:10:59 +0000

Your using “think” and “ACLU” in the same sentence…

By: apostle

apostle — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:04:53 +0000

You’d think an organization, whose supposedly earns its living defending our civil liberties, would actually defend this if it passed in a General Assembly.

By: kender

kender — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:39:29 +0000

As I am interpreting the ACLU’s actions, you have no right to try to lead a pious life away from temptation, but others have a right to lead a life sans the temptation of guilt and moral salvation.

Some kinds of temptations, I guess, are OK, if they are of the flesh, but reminders that their may be more to this life are not allowed.