Opinion

'Imposed beliefs' found everywhere

Posted November 02, 2007 11:00 pm

Several recent Fence Post contributors write of their frustration that others are choosing to express an opinion.

One stated that "religious beliefs should not be imposed on others." Another worried that "… they (Aurora Planned Parenthood protesters) can impose their selfish opinions on other people."

These writers fail to recognize the logical inconsistency of their arguments -- they are engaging in self-refuting logic. Specifically, in telling me not to impose my beliefs on others, they are, in fact, imposing their beliefs on me.

We all have a religion/belief system, be it Christ or cars or convenience, by which we view and change the world. It's just that some are not honest enough to admit it.

In a broader example, the activist Supreme Court of 1973 has done much the same. That court took an inferred "right of privacy" from the Fourteenth Amendment and crafted the decision that overturned all existing state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion.

Please don't preach to me about "imposing beliefs" or "selfish opinions" on others. It is the 1973 Supreme Court that imposed their beliefs and opinions on the rest of us.

Steve Scott

Batavia

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