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Separation of Church and State closely means
State leaves Church alone 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
Church leaves State alone 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
Church controls State 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
State controls Church 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
None of the above 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
Some of the above 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
All of the above 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 16

monty
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16 Sep 2007, 9:06 pm

jfrmeister wrote:
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We could also have manditory abortions for poor women, as that has been statistically proven in the book Freakonomics to reduce crime.



Umm, time to re-read that book? They did link a drop in crime to a drop in the teenage population, which was linked to Roe vs. Wade. But that is rather different.


Yes, it's time for you to re-read it. They alse spent several pages explaining the social disaster caused by Romainia's abortion ban.

Almost 1,000,000 Romanians are now clinical sociopaths due to being neglected in overcrowded orphanages.


Well, I just might re-read it, if I can find it. It might be here in a stack, or it might be on loan. My recollection is that they tried to 'prove' that elective abortion might be linked to a demographic shift that led to a lower crime rate - their reasoning was that when women who were in a position where they could not provide a good home to a child were allowed the option of abortion, they tended to have fewer unwanted kids, which ultimately led to less crime. Not entirely unreasonable, although crime is affected by lots of different factors, and I am not sure how important the abortion factor is.

Anyway, I think you were being a bit sardonic in your post.



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16 Sep 2007, 9:09 pm

monty wrote:
Anyway, I think you were being a bit sardonic in your post.


In my original post? Yes, I was, I was demonstrating how easy it is to rationalize totalitarianism. All you need is a couple of facts, some half-truths... and BINGO!! you can practice mind contoll right in your own home!! :lol: :lol: :lol:


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16 Sep 2007, 9:21 pm

The state should not tax temple prostitutes. :P