I have decided to question the concept of how to define a person's ability to be recognized as a respectable and responsible citizen in the United States of America.
Who has the right to define these ideas?
Can someone take it upon themselves to impose and intimidate others to accept their opinions as the right opinion?
Should a respectable and responsible citizen be defined by what they possesses to consume in the privacy of their own home, or by how they treat their fellow citizens?
Do we not have as individuals the right to decide what we will accept, tolerate and trust when it comes to the advances and miracles of modern science and technology?
A perfect example of this concept would be the Amish and Mennonites, they have refrained from accepting the advances in both modern industrial technology and modern medical sciences in their life style. These 2 groups are respected for their beliefs and accepted as responsible citizens.
Yet if you don't belong to either of these 2 groups you are (whether you like or not) required to accept the advances of modern science and technology as the right choice and only choice.
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.
- Thomas Jefferson
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