dilloduck
Diamond Member
Pure Orwellean nonsense.You think adulation, love, and affection are equivalent states?
are you familiar with connotation?
Negative
it's reality
abstention implies consent
it differs from 'consent' only in that it implies a more passive form of consent, bordering on acceptance, whereas 'consent' implies active approval or agreement
the end result is the same
If a mugger waves a gun in your face, you are not consenting to be robbed merely because you do what he says and fork over your wallet.
You are choosing to hand over the wallet instead of risking getting shot
life sucks and one rarely has the options one wishes
in the end, it was your decision
your example actually describes perfectly the reason we enter into social contract
now we contact some allies charged with capturing those who violate the alw (we call them polive)
upon his capture, he's handed to allies in charge of holding the accused (fails) until those charged with determining guilt or innocence (judge and jury) can, if he's found guilty hand him to those (guards) charged with holding the guilty during our retribution/ the punishment we hope will discourage him and other in the future (inprisonment, in our society)
The social contract is wraped the second it is amended, altered or interpreted.