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Is it possible that in the distant future, President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, might be viewed as one of the greatest American Presidents?

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Comment comment by jefferyharrell on 08 October 2006

I tried to relate to this situation by imagining that I had a favorite, I dunno, hat or something, and the government tried to order me to take it off.

Yeah, I'd be annoyed. But it wouldn't be the end of the world. And if my hat interfered in some way with my job or getting along civilly with other people, I'd have to admit that the government had a point.

Deciding what to wear for ourselves is a civil right, yes. It's the right of liberty. But sometimes we have to abrogate some of our liberty voluntarily in order to participate in a polite society.

I think on the list of social outrages, "Take your silly mask off, woman" ranks pretty low.

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RE: Yes by markmcb :: NR7

I agree. It's the same reason you can't walk around in the nude in public. That would certainly be excercising a great deal of liberty, but the fact is that it does something intangibly negative to everyone around you. It's not too much to ask a nudist to wear clothes in public and be nude in private. Likewise, I don't think it's too much to ask others who participate in a social group to make similar sacrifices in order to maintain social norms.

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