willowfall
Senator
Hum, excepted when you're becoming a little "paranoid" willow, I agree with you ... But dont forget that, after a period of laxation, often it follows a period of righteousness and perhaps are we entering in it ...
After Mai 1968 and till 2000th , mores were rather relaxed , but today it seems (in Europe at least) that pretexting the children protection and the women'rights , some censors are wanting to forbid many things ...
Notice well that I'm not against women'rights and childhood'protection but it seems actually that some fundamentalism (islamic) is envading our european societies (niqab for example ... )
Love you dear, you know that but I don't think I am being paranoid.
I agree the pendulum goes both ways, as a society we get too relaxed and then we get too tight.
But each time, each thing we let the government take something away from us we never get back to where we were. And with today's electronic world it just becomes easier.
AI to scan each and every bit of data put out onto the internet. Can't happen? Already is in China (and how many other totalitarian governments would love to have the same capabilities). And companies like Apple and Google are helping them design the systems. Use a debit or credit card and at least 3 companies know what you bought instantly.
And it is all about power.
Islam isn't against women, it's against women having any control or enough power to get control. They LOVE women, to have sex with and to do what they're told. Islamic men don't want to live in a world without women, they want to live in a world where women are compliant and quiet (except in bed then the men want to be told how great they are).
To take it out of the realm of women, let's talk about haggis. I love haggis, but I can't buy Scottish haggis here in America because what the Scots consider an ok item to go in haggis, the FDA here doesn't. Too the best of my knowledge Scots come from the same genetic pool I do (yes, I am part Scottish) but some idiot bureaucrat made a decision (probably based on some dubious science) that what Scots can eat, somehow is dangerous to me. Who the hell ever died from eating haggis?
Now do I think there is nefarious plot to take away our rights (Illuminati, New World Order, whatever)? No I don't.
But I do know that people, ALL people love being in power.
As a slave (consensual) I know there is a balance of power between me and my Mistress. I have (freely) given her power over me in some circumstances. But that is a decision I made of my own free will. She may whip me (which I love) and I consent to be whipped but some idiot bureaucrat may someday decide to charge my Mistress with domestic abuse. And even if I testify for her in court, she could be convicted and sent to jail (or at least have her career ruined).
I don't want the government in my relationships, bedroom or kitchen. I'm a consenting adult.
But there are a lot of people in government who think they have that right.
I understand they want to protect child. Got it and agree. So use the tools to hunt down those bastards (as far as I'm concerned you can crucify them on the street corners) and leave me alone. Don't take away my freedoms for something a minority does.
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