You put everything so amazingly well. I wish I could be as articulate as you are on the fly, but at least you have given me a little ammunition for the future.
Oh, and as for putting all conservatives in jail to avoid traditional thinking, I would have two responses: 1: No, but I AM willing to jail those that prevent me from expressing my non-traditional thought in a non-threatening and non-violent manner, but so is any defender of our Constitution. 2: Is blindly following a tradition really thought? Thought is only created when the traditions are questioned. You can end up agreeing with the tradition, but you had better have a better defense than "that's the way it's always been." If you don't, then thought has nothing to do with the tradition.
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Oh, and as for putting all conservatives in jail to avoid traditional thinking, I would have two responses:
1: No, but I AM willing to jail those that prevent me from expressing my non-traditional thought in a non-threatening and non-violent manner, but so is any defender of our Constitution.
2: Is blindly following a tradition really thought? Thought is only created when the traditions are questioned. You can end up agreeing with the tradition, but you had better have a better defense than "that's the way it's always been." If you don't, then thought has nothing to do with the tradition.