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Some of the most interesting things to me in the world are the sets of arbitrary boundaries that people seem to cling to. I always like to push boundaries and challenge ideas of truth. One of the reasons I dislike government and religion is that they seem to force their opinions of arbitrary boundaries on others. The religion I was brought up in said "no sex before marriage" which seems arbitrary to me. Does that mean oral sex is okay? Does that mean the day before your wedding you are sinning if you have sex? What's the difference? Government dictates that it's okay for a 18 year old to have sex with a 19 year old, but not a 17 year old with an 18 year old? I like the idea of a 16 and 17 year old having sex and that being acceptable, but then the 17 year old has a birthday and it's not allowed. I also laugh at the arbitrary distinction of acceptable and unacceptable drugs. Alcohol and tobacco are okay, but marijuana not okay? Also you have to be 21 to drink alcohol? That is laughable. As if everyone has some sort of responsibility breakthrough on their 21st birthday. Those are all pretty obvious. Religion (and government) have even stepped in on what's acceptable types of sex between consenting people. I recently watched the movie Kinsey and laugh at the time when homosexual acts, oral sex, masturbation, and others were all condemned and sometimes imprisoned over. I look forward to a society that allows two consenting adults to do whatever they want. How can prostituion be illegal? That's akin to making Christianity illegal imo.
One of the funniest boundaries IMO is minimum wage. Not only is it arbitrary and pointless, it's completely harmful to the people that it claims to help. The people that think they are being helped don't even realize that they are losing jobs because of it. Everyone should be entitled to their own opinions and I laugh when people think otherwise. The amazing part is that no opinion is objectively right or wrong, yet wars are fought over them.
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