Quote:Sure, that's what I want.   It's funny how my wanting to be left alone is equated with slavery, it's like you have no other argument except that one card. I have no desire to own other people, nor the desire to tell them what to do with their lives. I don't want to tell you who you can or can't marry, who you must or shall not associate with, which god or any god you should worship, what to do with your money or your time...none of it. I simply want to be free from interference in how I run my own life as pertains to those matters. I want what's best for me and for you, and that's for me to stay out of your life and you to stay out of mine. I don't need you and you shouldn't need me, if you do then that isn't my problem. 

 

Quote:When you result to hyperbole about wanting to own slaves you lose all credibility your better than that Adam.

 

You can call it hyperbole if you wish, but it made the point. And it's not total hyperbole - I assume you both know enough American history to realize that these "oh please, I just want to be left alone" and "I should be able to do whatever I want with my property" are practically word for word what was used by plantation owners and others who were anti-democratic.

 

The point is - these woe is me, they're coming to get me claims are the real hyperbole. In a democratic society governed by laws we are not allowed to "be left alone". We have to deal with the body politic, like it or not - even though some prefer to live in an authoritarian state where the decisions are made for you and life is so much "simpler".

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