Dealing with hypocrisy
Mar. 4th, 2005 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrAfter reading an article ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
griffen linked to (about anti-abortion types getting abortions), and recalling cases of anti-gun folks caught owning illegal guns, etc I have a "modest proposal".
Publicly coming out against (or for) something should be legally considered a release from libel & slander laws as well as medical privacy if you are *privately* engaging in behavior that is counter to your public position.
Yeah, I know it wouldn't fly, but just *thinking* about the effects of folks having to live up to their public pronouncements instead of being able to get away with "oh, but *my* case is *special*" is rather pleasant.
griffen linked to (about anti-abortion types getting abortions), and recalling cases of anti-gun folks caught owning illegal guns, etc I have a "modest proposal".Publicly coming out against (or for) something should be legally considered a release from libel & slander laws as well as medical privacy if you are *privately* engaging in behavior that is counter to your public position.
Yeah, I know it wouldn't fly, but just *thinking* about the effects of folks having to live up to their public pronouncements instead of being able to get away with "oh, but *my* case is *special*" is rather pleasant.
Re: Silly person!
Date: 2005-03-05 08:08 pm (UTC)It's that sort of thing that led to Prohibition, and continues to support the "War on
RightsDrugs"