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Vote on 3x salary mortgage cap
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lostinrates wrote: ». Its the main reason really I am opposed to some of the more idealistic proposals floating about, because freedom of choice is really important to me.
I Agree otherwise we just become molds of what our background tells us what we should be.
Without feedom of choice I would most probably be where I am today as my background from when I was young would most probably not let me to be.:)0 -
Don't kill, don't steal, don't rape.
I'd quite like to tell people not to do these things. Does that make me a dictator?
You know what I am talking about.
Most Dictators do make laws against the above unless it is against a certain religion or race.;)
Telling me me the maximum I can borrow, when I can walk down the street, who I can talk to would.
If you are struggling to understand look at some dictatorships.
They are fairly normal law wise they just have other laws based on 1 persons view, which in many cases can be lethal for a few minoritys.0 -
Don't kill, don't steal, don't rape.
I'd quite like to tell people not to do these things. Does that make me a dictator?
If you impose upon a majority your morality, when they are not in agreement...yes. A benevolant dictator perhaps, but still a dictator.
Its why people tend to form groups, tribes of majority shared moral guidlines I suppose some of which other groups see as utterly immoral. e.g. the female circumcision argument... 0
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