tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post116344896907904433..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-65242615233154789362007-10-27T07:00:00.000-04:002007-10-27T07:00:00.000-04:00I have the pleasure to visiting your site. Its inf...I have the pleasure to visiting your site. Its informative and helpful, you may want to read about obesity and overweight health problems, losing weight, calories and "How You Can Lower Your Health Risks" at <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net" REL="nofollow">phentermine</A> <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net/phentermine/" REL="nofollow">fastin</A> <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net/adipex.html" REL="nofollow">adipex</A> <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net/ionamin.html" REL="nofollow">ionamin</A> <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net/meridia.html" REL="nofollow">meridia</A> <A HREF="http://www.abcweightloss.net" REL="nofollow">Phentermine 37.5mg</A> site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1163587309380808682006-11-15T05:41:00.000-05:002006-11-15T05:41:00.000-05:00Dr. Adams' pedagogical approach is appalling, and ...Dr. Adams' pedagogical approach is appalling, and every bit as propagandizing as the lefties David Horowitz (who writes of Adams approvingly) rightly excoriates.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, his expertise is as a professor of criminology and he is obviously unqualified to speak on history or the Founders, since his sources are flawed and second-hand at best.<BR/><BR/>What a hustler.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1163532992748545702006-11-14T14:36:00.000-05:002006-11-14T14:36:00.000-05:00Of course we can legislate morals. We do it all th...Of course we can legislate morals. We do it all the time. It's one of the chief functions of government. Our whole system of justice depends on it.<BR/><BR/>Ethics, on the other cannot be legislated. Those are acquired individually over a lifetime.<BR/><BR/>Benevolence is trickier. Far more failures than successes, but the aspiration keeps us going. <BR/><BR/>Religion, however, is prohibited by the Constitution, although it never ceases to seep through.<BR/><BR/>All four, morals, ethics, benevolence, and religion contribute to our systems of value. In this country, at least, religion is supposed to be held at arms length, a value the individual may adopt, but not the State. That is the entire crux of the matter.<BR/><BR/>Some religious propositions are also moral propositions. Some even ethical. Some even benevolent. For example, "do not kill." "Do not steal." Those religious propositions that are coincident to the moral, ethical, and benevolent are not precluded, but should be approached outside their religious context. Same objective, "purer" means.<BR/><BR/>But religious propositions in and of themselves are not to be included in any State function. Or, at least, that is the hope. If Jefferson's sobriquet had found its way into the Constitution, then it would be clear. But the two "religious" amendments that did make it into the Constitution allow for a great deal of ambiguity. Prohibition a classic case. "Under God" in the Pledge another. "In God We Trust" another. Taking an oath on a Bible another. State liquor stores closed on Sundays another. Etc.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I would have preferred that "Wall." As of now, it's not there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1163456296726283852006-11-13T17:18:00.000-05:002006-11-13T17:18:00.000-05:00I can't get past the phrase "feeble times" in the ...I can't get past the phrase "feeble times" in the first quoted sentence. What does that mean? I think it means that the average person today has less courage, or perhaps less morality, than the average person historically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com