[MD] What "moral revolution" is called for by the MOQ?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:


> [Arlo]
> I don't fault the people for erring on the side of caution. Especially given the
> (then) recent fallout from the effects/use of Agent Orange. This was part of
> the history of the DDT ban given in Wikipedia. Had our government NOT
> authorized and used chemical warfare, and had our own soldiers not come home
> with serious aftereffects from their exposure, perhaps the public would have
> been a little less hasty to do an outright ban.

Having lived through that era I don't recall a big to do about Agent Orange
being related to DDT. I think that's most from the Wikipedia writer's imagination.
The main reason for the ban was the publicity surrounding the book by Rachel
Carson, pumped to a fare-the-well by Greenpeace and other liberal environmental
wackos using typical scare tactics that the press loves so much to ballyhoo. 

> [Arlo]
> Conservatives are as much hypocrites as liberals when it comes to "what they
> say" and "what they do". You say you want "less government", but seem to have
> no problem whatsoever enacting all kinds of laws that ban behavior, from
> motorcycle pipes to women-in-veils.

Two laws I favor and you describe it as "all kinds of laws." Methinks you
exaggerate. 

> I continue to find it amusing that you are
> appalled by the idea of "government" passing restrictions on where a company
> can dump its sludge and waste, but are the first person in the room to shout
> for laws telling other people what they can and can't wear. In other words, you
> love government when it enforces YOUR values, and as such government has only
> grown under all so-called "conservative" Presidencies, just like it grows under
> so-called "liberal" presidencies. 

Wild exaggeration. I want motorcycles to obey the same laws as 
automobiles, and I don't want people forced to wear masks. I also favor
laws against public nudity although you are all in favor of walking down
the street buck naked, or so you say (speaking of hypocrites). As for
conservative presidents, there hasn't been one since Calvin Coolidge. Reagan
came close, but failed to veto big spending bills or balance the budget.




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