Comments on: A win for Dancers for Democracy http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/ All Politics. All Ohio. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-69716 Brian Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:38:34 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/#comment-69716 <em>Anything</em>? I dunno 'bout that. Should local communities be able to shape themselves as they wish, within the bounds of federal/state laws? Generally speaking, yes, I think so. If I can allow myself to stay in the realm of the fuzzy, I think you have to weigh the inconvenience such community standards might have. That's part of why I don't think "community standards" should be a state-wide (or higher) guideline. It becomes very very difficult for people who disagree with that standard to meet <em>their</em> needs/desires. OTOH, if Westerville is dry and Worthington not, it's pretty easy for Westerville residents to adjust appropriately (and Worthington residents, for that matter). In the case of public safety concerns, my "default" is that regulation makes sense in that situation. I can be convinced otherwise, but you're going to have to work hard at it. Anything? I dunno ’bout that. Should local communities be able to shape themselves as they wish, within the bounds of federal/state laws? Generally speaking, yes, I think so.

If I can allow myself to stay in the realm of the fuzzy, I think you have to weigh the inconvenience such community standards might have. That’s part of why I don’t think “community standards” should be a state-wide (or higher) guideline. It becomes very very difficult for people who disagree with that standard to meet their needs/desires. OTOH, if Westerville is dry and Worthington not, it’s pretty easy for Westerville residents to adjust appropriately (and Worthington residents, for that matter).

In the case of public safety concerns, my “default” is that regulation makes sense in that situation. I can be convinced otherwise, but you’re going to have to work hard at it.

]]> By: The Puddle Pirate http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-69714 The Puddle Pirate Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:18:48 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/#comment-69714 Should a community have the power to allow or forbid anything, as long as it's justified as being a community standards issue and not a public safety issue? Should a community have the power to allow or forbid anything, as long as it’s justified as being a community standards issue and not a public safety issue?

]]> By: Brian http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-69127 Brian Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:39:22 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/#comment-69127 Well, this is a community standards issue. Strip clubs being open past midnight is not an issue that concerns, say, public safety. In some cases it might, and communities should be able to deal appropriately. But at a state, or federal, level it's just not an important issue. Yes, that's a bit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic" rel="nofollow">fuzzy</a>. But the world's fuzzy. Well, this is a community standards issue. Strip clubs being open past midnight is not an issue that concerns, say, public safety. In some cases it might, and communities should be able to deal appropriately. But at a state, or federal, level it’s just not an important issue.

Yes, that’s a bit fuzzy. But the world’s fuzzy.

]]> By: The Puddle Pirate http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-69124 The Puddle Pirate Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2007/09/04/a-win-for-dancers-for-democracy/#comment-69124 How should we distinguish between things the state government should regulate and things they shouldn't regulate? What I'm looking for is the foundation of your worldview or philosophical/moral system ... the "yardstick" you use to decide what's a local issue, what's a state issue, and what's a federal issue. Please explain if there's more to your thinking here than "anything I like shouldn't be regulated, and anything I dislike should be regulated." How should we distinguish between things the state government should regulate and things they shouldn’t regulate?

What I’m looking for is the foundation of your worldview or philosophical/moral system … the “yardstick” you use to decide what’s a local issue, what’s a state issue, and what’s a federal issue. Please explain if there’s more to your thinking here than “anything I like shouldn’t be regulated, and anything I dislike should be regulated.”

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