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Question: Which is more authoritarian?
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Passing laws that restrict personal freedom
 
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Passing laws that restrict municipalities from restricting personal freedom
 
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« on: October 23, 2007, 10:31:03 PM »

Since some people here (Gully Foyle in particular) have called me authoritarian because I want to ban dry counties and towns, want to force all communities to accept strip clubs and gambling, etc. Yet at the same time banning those things is also clearly authoritarian. So is restricting authoritarianism authoritarian?

Please note the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a similar law.
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 11:38:51 PM »

Option 1 (Normal)
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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 12:00:30 AM »

Note that stating one option is MORE authoritarian doesn't make the other one non-authoritarian.
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Tetro Kornbluth
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 06:37:27 AM »
« Edited: October 24, 2007, 06:39:42 AM by Gulliver T. Foyle »

Since some people here (Gully Foyle in particular) have called me authoritarian because I want to ban dry counties and towns, want to force all communities to accept strip clubs and gambling, etc. Yet at the same time banning those things is also clearly authoritarian. So is restricting authoritarianism authoritarian?

Please note the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a similar law.

Oh jesus tap dancing Christ.

Remind me of your opinions on Smoking again BRTD? How is that not "Authoritian"?

For the Record, I have nothing against communities which accept Strip clubs and\or gambling in their laws. Actually I would have more of a problem with those that don't. Just because I believe something should be legal doesn't mean I should approve of it.

But I what do have a problem with is when political corruption plays a part in making the decision. This is an important Nuance to understand, yet it continues to fly above BRTDs ahead.
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 08:03:42 AM »

Note that stating one option is MORE authoritarian doesn't make the other one non-authoritarian.
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 03:49:14 PM »

1, naturally. 2 is authoritarian, but a direct vote from above is not.
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2007, 04:16:11 PM »

1, naturally. 2 is authoritarian, but a direct vote from above is not.
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