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Originally Posted by Griff
I'm not sure if this is a nonsense point, but let me try. There are a growing number of people in the US who base morality on legality not vice versa. If we extend that mindset to enforcement of law, does that not lead to a situation where if they (can't prove) don't film you in your misbehavior then you don't consider it misbehavior? It just seems like we're turning into a society guided by extrinsic forces rather than intrinsic forces, which to me is one more step toward a general societal melt down.
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I think you are on to something here. My biggest problem is the influx of moralistic ideals into the political process, things like Constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage, abortion issues, etc. All of these things appear to be an attempt to legislate morality, as well as re-writing history to reflect some aspect of political correctness. When we do that we have really screwed things up, spending way to much time on issues that are not all that important IMHO.
I think the reality is that the idea of personal guidance of moral behavior has dissolved to a greater degree with dissolution of the family unit, decreased influence of organized religious affiliation (keeping church in the home and community and out of society), and the nurturing of generations of "me" combined with generations of people who think they are "entitled" to things and have "rights" to things that in reality are neither.