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Let's maintain a list full of what we perceive are our ideological enemies. Great!

by whb07 5y ago

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arcticbull 5y ago
- imperio59 5y ago
  Organized religion does not need to forbid anything. Religion is about personal belief. The supreme court has already ruled what matters is what the individual believes not what the organized religious institution says.
  - arcticbull 5y ago
    On the other hand, your religious freedoms end where my rights and freedoms begin. I cannot practice religious beliefs that allow me to harm myself or others and it is not crazy to believe that extends to practices which spread pestilence. I think this strikes the right balance, creating barriers for anti-vaxxers to jump through while still not forbidding free exercise of legitimate religious beliefs.
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gumby 5y ago
Why assume that they are ideological enemies? I’m sure there are plenty of govt officials who filed such requests and many many more who, though they don’t object to vaccination, want to ensure that religious rights are protected and want to make sure that when they feel the need to object to something or ask for an exemption, that that will be honored. Certainly it’s worth collecting statistics on who requested what to guide in future rule making. I do think this kind of data collection should be conducted by the census bureau, which does have an expertise and practice on privacy-protecting statistics collection and analysis. Separately, it does appear that very few people care about their privacy at this level. People accept driving around with huge serial numbers attached to their vehicle for all to see; driving licenses with names and addresses on them; an inability to get an anonymous PO Box; electronic tolls that collect driver information rather than being anonymous…I could go on at great length.

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Let's maintain a list full of what we perceive are our ideological enemies. Great!

by whb07 5y ago

Let's maintain a list full of what we perceive are our ideological enemies. Great!

deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
arcticbull 5y ago
- imperio59 5y ago
  Organized religion does not need to forbid anything. Religion is about personal belief. The supreme court has already ruled what matters is what the individual believes not what the organized religious institution says.
  - arcticbull 5y ago
    On the other hand, your religious freedoms end where my rights and freedoms begin. I cannot practice religious beliefs that allow me to harm myself or others and it is not crazy to believe that extends to practices which spread pestilence. I think this strikes the right balance, creating barriers for anti-vaxxers to jump through while still not forbidding free exercise of legitimate religious beliefs.
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gumby 5y ago
Why assume that they are ideological enemies? I’m sure there are plenty of govt officials who filed such requests and many many more who, though they don’t object to vaccination, want to ensure that religious rights are protected and want to make sure that when they feel the need to object to something or ask for an exemption, that that will be honored. Certainly it’s worth collecting statistics on who requested what to guide in future rule making. I do think this kind of data collection should be conducted by the census bureau, which does have an expertise and practice on privacy-protecting statistics collection and analysis. Separately, it does appear that very few people care about their privacy at this level. People accept driving around with huge serial numbers attached to their vehicle for all to see; driving licenses with names and addresses on them; an inability to get an anonymous PO Box; electronic tolls that collect driver information rather than being anonymous…I could go on at great length.