Shii Posted:

Also, the last statement you made is practically devoid of any value or meaning. Of COURSE people will impose their opinion “if the opportunity arises.” If this wasn’t intrinsically true of the entire human race, we would have no debates, there would be no politics, there would be no religion, there would be no ethical dilemmas of any nature, there would be no work unions. We, as a species, fundamentally revolve around imposing our opinions and viewpoints on others, and we always will, until Big Brother comes and makes everyone the exact same person in thought, speech, and deed.

There’s a difference between trying to impress your opinion on someone by words, and imposing it by law.

I wonder how you’d feel in this situation (which actually happened around here). Say you owned a store, not making you rich but supporting you well enough to pay your mortgage by staying open 7 days a week. Then the demographics of the neighborhood start to change as religious Jews start to move into the neighborhood. No problem, they shop at your store the same as the previous residents. Then a group comes in and tells you “if you keep your store open on Saturday, no one in the neighborhood will shop at your store any day”, and you’re ****ed either way.