30 maio 2008

not Italy


In a post below, I argued that the greatest threat to a Protestant society is unlawfulness. A Protestant society that does not enforce strictly its laws will end up in ruin and chaos. Unlawfulness is not a serious threat to a Catholic society, thus, there is no need for strict law enforcement in a Catholic country (actually, it would be counterproductive).

Helder in O Insurgente has called my attention for a Wall Street Journal article where my thesis is vindicated: "The US isn't Italy: we will enforce our laws", writes the author.

The greatest threat to a Catholic society is contradicting authority, that is, heresy. This threat becomes real in a climate of freedom of speech which usually is part and parcel of democracy. A Catholic society that does not impose some form of censorship, or does not enforce strictly its censorship laws, is doomed to ruin and chaos.
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Concerning law enforcement, then, to prevent its own destruction all a Catholic society has to do is to enforce strictly its censorship laws whereas a Protestant society needs to enforce strictly all of its laws.

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