Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: Should Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn be Prosecuted for Adultery?no

You think so? reading in many cases can acatually help a person understand
their own behavior,, the one way to actually study a brain is when a person
is quite dead,
** An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind Gandhi **
----- Original Message -----
From: "iloveubuntulinux" <valchaulinux@gmail.com>
To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:44 PM
Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: Should Schwarzenegger and
Strauss-Kahn be Prosecuted for Adultery?no

> reading books can't overcome people whose brains are not able to control
> impulses...there is a doctor who studies brains, Dr Amen (not the
> religious meaning).
>
>
>
> --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "zeus32117"
> <zeus32117@...> wrote:
>>
>> I wish that Arnold had studied enough Ethics to always act ethically.
>> Because of how much everything is interconnected, mistreating one is
>> mistreating all. It causes everyone to suffer more. It causes the
>> offender to suffer more as well, which is one of the reasons why I read
>> books on how to communicate more effectively. I do not want to suffer
>> more, so I am trying to learn how to communicate without offending
>> anyone.
>>
>> --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Sheep&Goatlady"
>> <springcreek@> wrote:
>> >
>> > There has been several women in the past tell about how he groped them
>> > several times,,some folks call him a gropernator,
>> > ** An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind Gandhi **
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: elaine mckay
>> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:16 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: Should
>> > Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn be Prosecuted for Adultery?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Governator, terminator, adulterator, fornicator.
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 25/5/11, iloveubuntulinux <valchaulinux@> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > From: iloveubuntulinux <valchaulinux@>
>> > Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: Should
>> > Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn be Prosecuted for Adultery?
>> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
>> > Received: Wednesday, 25 May, 2011, 12:05 AM
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 1. Neither should be prosecuted for adultery
>> > 2. Schwarzenegger has already lost a beautiful wife due to
>> > his stupidity so that is punishment enough
>> > 3. I don't know if Strauss-Kahn even committed adultery since
>> > I don't count non consenual sex as adultery. He should be prosecuted
>> > for unwanted sexual advances or rape depending upon what he did
>> >
>> > --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, Bruce
>> > Majors <majors.bruce@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > *"This entire area provides a dividing line between
>> > libertarians and
>> > > statists. Libertarians hold that a person should be free to
>> > engage in any
>> > > conduct whatsoever without the interference of the state,
>> > so long as the
>> > > conduct is peaceful. In fact, Christian libertarians
>> > believe that this is
>> > > what God's great gift of free will is all about -- the
>> > freedom to choose
>> > > between sin and righteous conduct, so long as there is no
>> > force initiated
>> > > against another human being (e.g., murder, theft, rape,
>> > etc.)."
>> > >
>> > > *Thursday, May 19, 2010
>> > > *Should Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn be Prosecuted for
>> > Adultery?
>> > > *by Jacob G. Hornberger
>> > >
>> > > One of the silliest and not-thought-out arguments that
>> > drug-war proponents
>> > > make against libertarians is the following: "Since you
>> > favor drug
>> > > legalization, that means that you favor drug abuse." The
>> > accusation is a
>> > > perfect example of the mindset that public-schooling
>> > produces within people,
>> > > one that examines matters in a purely superficial way, one
>> > in which there is
>> > > no analytic or critical thinking involved.
>> > >
>> > > The fact that someone does not wish to criminalize some
>> > particular conduct
>> > > does not necessarily mean that he favors the commission of
>> > the conduct. He
>> > > might, but not necessarily.
>> > >
>> > > Libertarians favor drug legalization first and foremost as
>> > a matter of
>> > > individual freedom. Under fundamental principles of
>> > freedom, people have the
>> > > right to ingest harmful substances, even if everyone else
>> > disagrees with the
>> > > choice. Second, libertarians point to the horrific
>> > consequences of the drug
>> > > war -- violence, gangs, cartels, corruption, robberies,
>> > muggings, etcetera
>> > > -- as a secondary reason for calling for drug legalization.
>> > >
>> > > Within this context, I can't help but wonder how many
>> > statists would like to
>> > > see former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger criminally
>> > prosecuted for
>> > > adultery.
>> > >
>> > > Adultery? Yes, adultery.
>> > >
>> > > You might respond, "Jacob, that would be ridiculous.
>> > Adultery is a breach of
>> > > private marital obligations and a violation of the Ten
>> > Commandments. That's
>> > > no business of the state and it certainly shouldn't be a
>> > criminal offense."
>> > >
>> > > Yet, the person with a drug-war mentality might well
>> > respond, "Oh, so you
>> > > favor adultery? Anyone who favors the legalization of
>> > adultery must favor
>> > > the commission of the act itself."
>> > >
>> > > I think it's easy to see that that, again, is ridiculous,
>> > superficial
>> > > thinking. People might well believe that adultery is no
>> > business of the
>> > > state but, at the same time, not feel that it is morally
>> > right or
>> > > appropriate behavior.
>> > >
>> > > One reason that statists are not clamoring for prosecuting
>> > Schwarzenegger
>> > > for adultery is that it isn't a criminal offense in
>> > California. But it is in
>> > > 19 other states, including New York. That's the state in
>> > which former IMF
>> > > head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held on criminal
>> > charges of rape and
>> > > sexual abuse of a hotel chambermaid.
>> > >
>> > > Why might the New York adultery statute become relevant in
>> > Strauss-Kahn's
>> > > case? His lawyers are insinuating that he did in fact
>> > engage in sex with the
>> > > chambermaid but that the relations were consensual. Such
>> > being the case,
>> > > Strauss-Kahn might well be confessing to the crime of
>> > adultery while
>> > > defending himself against the other charges. The reason he
>> > might be willing
>> > > to take such a chance is that adultery in New York is a
>> > misdemeanor while
>> > > the other charges are felonies.
>> > >
>> > > This entire area provides a dividing line between
>> > libertarians and statists.
>> > > Libertarians hold that a person should be free to engage in
>> > any conduct
>> > > whatsoever without the interference of the state, so long
>> > as the conduct is
>> > > peaceful. In fact, Christian libertarians believe that this
>> > is what God's
>> > > great gift of free will is all about -- the freedom to
>> > choose between sin
>> > > and righteous conduct, so long as there is no force
>> > initiated against
>> > > another human being (e.g., murder, theft, rape, etc.).
>> > >
>> > > Statists, on the other hand, while oftentimes giving lip
>> > service to freedom
>> > > of choice and free will, in practice condemn such ideas.
>> > They feel that God
>> > > was wrong to trust man with so much freedom and that when
>> > free to make such
>> > > choices, most people will choose wrongly. Therefore,
>> > statists say, the
>> > > coercive apparatus of the state should punish people when
>> > they make these
>> > > types of immoral, harmful, or sinful choices.
>> > >
>> > > Thus, it is not surprising that statists favor criminal
>> > laws that punish
>> > > people for such peaceful and consensual acts as gambling,
>> > prostitution,
>> > > adultery, drug possession, drinking, and smoking. It is
>> > also not surprising
>> > > that there are horrible consequences when they do.
>> > >
>> > > No, neither Schwarzenegger nor Strauss-Kahn should be
>> > prosecuted for
>> > > adultery, any more than drug users, gamblers, prostitutes,
>> > drinkers, smokers
>> > > should be prosecuted for their acts. Adultery is a matter
>> > for God and the
>> > > people involved to resolve, not Caesar.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-05-19.asp
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups.
>> > > For options & help see
>> > http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
>> > >
>> > > * Visit our other community at
>> > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/
>> > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our
>> > polls.
>> > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>