More Saturday Mornings Brunch:
Many flowering plants won't bloom again if you leave the dead-heads unpruned. How far would an analogy of this extend?
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Blame for the descent of public discourse can largely be placed at our own feet, because we are buying what the media is selling. TURN IT OFF and we will stop enabling the media to profit from our voyeuristic tendencies. And, candidates might actually start genuine discourse again, since they, too, are selling what they think we're buying.
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C.S. Lewis was wary of "morals legislation". For example, during a period when the criminalization of homosexuality was considered by many to be justified, Lewis asked, "What business is it of the state's?" Nor did he believe it was the duty of government to promote the Christian ideal of marriage:
A great many people seem to think that if you are a Christian yourself you should try to make divorce difficult for everyone. I do not think that. At least I know I should be very angry if the Mohammedans tried to prevent the rest of us from drinking wine. My own view is that the churches should frankly recognize that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives.
-- C.S. Lewis
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