A platform you can believe in

Okay, so maybe these are too well known to really come as a shock to some people. But then again, maybe not.

For your consideration, a man stands for election with the following platform. How many of these are you in accordance with?


Man has the right to live by his own law --
to live in the way that he wills to do:
to work as he will:
to play as he will:
to rest as he will.
to die when and how he will:

Man has the right to eat what he will:
to drink what he will:
to dwell where he will:
to move as he wills over the face of the earth.

Man has the right to think what he will:
to speak what he will:
to write what he will:
to draw, paint, carve, etch, mould, build as he will:
to dress as he will.

Man has the right to love as he will:
Man has the right to resist those who would thwart these rights.


Does it sound reasonable to you?

Over the years, I've given this list to a few people, and asked their opinions. The most critical ones have tended to focus on the apparent pro-euthanasia or pro-homosexual aspects. Also, the last one sometimes reads "kill" instead of "resist", but that too often met with disapproval.

Some even pointed out that these "rights" as it were, do not prohibit things like incest or pedophilia. To which I generally respond, well, neither does the ten commandments. Take them at face value, and in the spirit in which they are intended, and don't look for "gaps" where you can fill in some hateful acts because they are not in the spirit of the rules as they are written.

Okay?

Had a think about it?

I'll tell you what Church advocates those beliefs, which a very small sampling has shown me are generally applicable to both the left and right ends of the political spectrum.
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The Church of Satan
posted by Manchild at 11:12 PM