kaboro: Please read again what you posted.
richlind33: If you have a point to make, please make it.
Already made my point, read what you posted when you are not drunk or under influence of other substances.
If you made this post while sober and aware of yourself, i have nothing else to add, except that i wish you completely ignore me from now on.
Edit: ok i was a jerk in my response, but seriously i hope you were not sober when you wrote what you wrote.
What annoyed me so much? The fact that every single line you wrote was so wrong.
number 1:
"if you think morality can and should be legislated then yes, you are unprincipled"
Here you are juggling with terms like morality, legislation and principle, in a way that shows you didnt pay attention to any of these terms.
Morality is a code, a set of rules, and sadly, just like fashion, it changes over time.
Morality has always been legislated...ALWAYS.
Its immoral to rape a woman....its also illegal to rape a woman.
its immoral to steal, its also illegal to steal.
number 2:
"you cant legislate morality because as soon as you do, it ceases to be morality and it is reduced to legality, and legality is a poor substitute for morality"
morality has always been legalized, its not called a moral code for nothing.
legality is applied (reinforced) morality.
number 3:
"morality is only morality if its practiced of ones own volition, which means it can only be taught, and only by those who are willing and capable of setting proper examples"
This is a long one with separate segments.
Morality practiced by ones own volition is not morality, its called virtue.
It does NOT mean it can only be taught.
Now the third part is where i totally agree with you, namely that those who teach others about morality should be the ones willing and able to set proper example, here i agree with you completely.
As a whole your post showed that you juggle with terms like morality, legality and principles in a way that made me think (probaly wrong) that you were drunk or under influence of stuff.
If mistaken, i appologize.