Originally Posted by dodgefan
The question was do laws dictate ethics and morality?
If so, whose? Taken to a logical extreme you are saying that if shooting people for giggles was legal it would be perfectly fine and we would be wrong for saying it wasn't and trying to pass laws against it.


Or, owning them. That was legal once as well. Was it then also moral?

How about genital mutilation? That's legal in some places; is it therefore moral?

Legality does not mean morality, any more so than the reverse is true.


Originally Posted by Mannlicher
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.