If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
Of course not.
Edit: Nor is it the business of anyone else, either.
If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
Hey TM, that's great, but suppose instead of exchanging fluids, two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange pokemon cards instead, or to exchange casserole recipes. Now whose business is it?
If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
Hey TM, that's great, but suppose instead of exchanging fluids, two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange pokemon cards instead, or to exchange casserole recipes. Now whose business is it?
If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
Umm...
Still only their own?
Obviously?
No. And personally, I don't see why anyone else should care. If you want to swap DNA - go for it. If you're an adult and consent to such, I could give a rats ass what you do... and don't really see why anyone else should care.
If two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange fluids, is it any of the governments business?
If you're an adult and consent to such, I could give a rats ass .
Of course not. Of course this is no reason to allow anyone (heteros included) to get married.
I know everyone was thinking it, but I hate one sided poles like this.
No, I am not debating this again. Many other threads cover the gambit, this one will make no difference or change anyones views.
Awesome. So if, as you say, its no one else's business if two consenting adults want to swap DNA, then why should it be anyone else's business if two consenting adults want to swap labour or capital?
:doh
Is this going to be a Goobieman-style, bury-the-actual-topic thread?
What do you REALLY want to talk about?
Sales taxes?
Excellent! So perhaps you could tell me, when instead of exchanging fluids, or pokemon cards, or casserole recipes, if two consenting adult males voluntarily agree to exchange labor and capital, why is it suddenly any of the government's business?
How do you swap labor?
How do you swap labor?
Well let's say I'm a plumber. I unclog your pipes. You're a mechanic. You tune up my engine and lube everything up.
Or maybe I'm writing a gay porn novel and those are the only two examples I can think of right now.
Is it?
Or has said government MADE it their business?
I assume you speak in this case of taxes?
In this day and age, a certain level of taxation seems necessary, to provide for national defense, at the very least.
Certainly, it would seem unlikely that the government could rely on charitable donations for military/counter-terrorism/espionage funding.
But what is your position?
I wasn't speaking specifically of taxes, though certainly they could be pertinent to the topic. I was speaking more generally of the extent to which the government should be involved in agreements between consenting adults.
For example. Consider that I (being a consenting adult) and Bill Gates (being another consenting adult) might both voluntarily enter into an agreement wherein I agree to work 13 hrs/day with no breaks cleaning the bathrooms of the microsoft building in exchange for $1.50/hr.
Keeping in mind that we were both fully aware of the terms of the agreement beforehand, and that either of us could walk away from the agreement at any time. Whose business is it what two consenting adults like Bill and I agree to do with each other?