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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Torm" data-source="post: 2052853" data-attributes="member: 12706">Um, WHAT?You must wear a seatbelt, by law. You must acquire a permit to run a business, by law. You must report for Selective Service (if male over 18) by law. You must pay taxes, by law. I could go on and on.You're thinking of our country, and failing to take into account that, for the most part, we live in a nation where we are free enough to have mass objection to inappropriate laws. Try this one on for size, though, from several other countries and occasionally parts of our own, from throughout history:You must, by law, stop at (insert time of day) and give praise and swear service to (insert diety or government).That could come into conflict with the requirements of the faith of MANY people, and frequently their "alignment", if real people can be considered to have those. And that's just one example that occurred to me before I even finished reading your post!To address the flipside, which I believe speaks even more to the point you were trying to make, you're right: Something being legal to do does not mandate it being done. I don't have to drive, but that is legal. BUT, that is completely irrelevant. The point of the discussion about Sir Cedric isn't whether he HAS to frequent prostitutes because it is legal, it is whether there is anything wrong with him doing so if it IS legal, it isn't against his religious tenets, and it seems to be a help rather than a hurt for the women involved.</blockquote>

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