How's this for flames, Bob?

BRAVO!

On 4/19/2020 9:22 AM, Bob Whelan wrote:
Does that freedom of choice extend to choosing what risks you expose
others to?

Apologies for contributing to thread drift, etc., but that's an
interesting (to me, anyway) philosophic question. And an important
one. The United States exists because of people who considered
philosophical questions important, with contributors ranging from
Founding Fathers to grunt militia and (ultimately) nameless/faceless
individuals (in the historical sense) who voted in favor of accepting
the choice to begin a *national* experiment of a form-of-government
and nation based upon the rule of law, with the highest law of the
land being the - proposed - Constitution which they were being asked
to consider and vote upon.

History - and common sense - give the short-form answer to the above
question as, "YES!" Consider the simple act of driving one's vehicle.
Unavoidably you're exposing others to the risks inherent to your
driving-style/age/sense-of-personal-responsibility (e.g.
drinking)/etc. And then there's soaring, with the reality of landouts,
etc...

In principle, the "freedom of choice" question is no different than
considering "Kung Flu questions."

For evidence principle is important in the history of the USA, one
need look no further than the Declaration of Independence (essentially
a statement based entirely on principle) and the Constitution (the
fundamental legal codification of said principles).

This nation's "proper final recourse" for civilly disagreeing with
others who hold differing views on specific issues of principle is -
for better or worse - civil lawsuits. Hugely imperfect, but there you
go. So - and such - is life.

Flame suit on...

Bob W.

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