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Vote on 3x salary mortgage cap

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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    . 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.:)
  • Really2
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    ninky wrote: »
    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.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    ninky wrote: »
    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...
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