Im going to question an established conventions in this post. If you dont want to hear it, scroll on and have a good day. Do laws define morals? It is evident that, throughout history, a few power hounds have seen it fit to have ideas so great that they need to be laws. I am not judging their ideas here- do not get me wrong- but I am critical of how they went about spreading these ideas. By enacting these laws, they seek to persuade the hearts and minds of the people they affect to be of one consensus. The Magna Carta, the Constitution, the Napoleonic Codes, all have one thing in common: they establish what rights are granted to those under the influence of these pieces of literature. I myself respect the crap out of these documents, but the men who wrote them and decided to force them on the populace I must loath. It should not be law to have the freedom of speech. It is immoral, as a matter of fact, to be given the right to do as you please with your verbal and written communication. Because being granted such a right operates under the implication that those who establish these documents (laws of the land, as they are later referred to as) reserve the right to reserve you rights. They are in charge of what you can and cannot do, and that is simply base and wrong. You are born with all your freedoms and all your rights. They are called many things, but one name suits it fine: life. You are granted the privilege, at birth, to do as you please, and any who seek to intervene are looking to monopolize on morality. I believe that morals should only be defined by thought and discussion, on an individual basis only. You learn what you believe your rights and freedoms are on your own terms, through conversation (includes reading and education- all forms of human-to-human connection), an expansion of your intellectual capabilities, and thought, the fool-proof path to self-expression. It is wrong to declare what morals must be followed and which cannot. ((Side note: I understand that stabbing people in the neck is wrong, my id is not the dominant force in my character- and that is because I constantly think of these things, not because I am told it is wrong.))
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:55:38 +0000
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