tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post3368946148191469718..comments2023-09-01T09:38:54.262-04:00Comments on Dumb Looks Still Free: Fiscal Conservatism's Social RootsA Jacksonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-77515621621138127702010-08-17T13:41:44.132-04:002010-08-17T13:41:44.132-04:00HRR - We also had 'Blue Laws' to prohibit ...HRR - We also had 'Blue Laws' to prohibit economic activity on Sunday, and yet those conflicted with running a modern economy... You can make laws against an activity, yes. Making a law against an action are not the same as making people adhere to morals. There is a distinction between the two that must be recognized and understood.<br /><br />Or would 'Blue Laws' be considered adhering to virtue and stemming vice? Do we really want people to stop economic activity on Sunday, too?<br /><br />And if you don't have a sound economy that actually supports liberty and freedom and rules, instead, by government fiat, then where does morality come in? If government is the final arbiter of morals, then does that justify making people eat right and a misdemeanor if they do not? I do not argue about laws that protect individuals, quite the contrary, but I do argue about laws with an intent to create morality that go beyond that protection.<br /><br />The Founders saw the connection between liberty, limited government and individual morality that supports society. When government controls morality it then dictates to society based on the power of government.... is that really what you want in life?A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20372724.post-56638605787534547462010-08-17T10:01:59.452-04:002010-08-17T10:01:59.452-04:00The majority of the Founding Fathers were social c...The majority of the Founding Fathers were social conservatives, not libertarians. Hate to break it to you but they had laws against sodomy, divorce, bigamy, and all kinds of other vices. <br /><br />You just mindlessly parrot the liberal canard that "you can't legislate morality." Funny, that is exactly what we do with prohibitions on drugs, animal abuse, beastiality, pedophilia, polygamy, theft, and a host of other issues.Hard Right Rudderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058514634679797700noreply@blogger.com