Genius/Idiot

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Name: Jim Syler

Location: Murphysboro, Illinois, United States

Graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Economics.

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Thursday, March 03, 2005

Wrong

The opposite of wrong is not right; it is another wrong. Right lies between extremes of wrong.

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Posted by Calion to Genius/Idiot—Journal Entries at 12/29/1997 12:12:00 PM

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Law

A law must be obeyable, enforceable, and should never remove the right to strive for life, liberty or property. You can take away these things, but not the right to fight for them. Penalties for noncompliance must be real and limited, so that if a person is willing to pay the consequences, he is welcome to break the law. The purpose of law is to ensure the maximum personal freedom of all subject to that law. Morality is not set by law.

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Posted by Calion to Genius/Idiot—Journal Entries at 12/29/1997 12:11:00 PM