The mysterious case of Ms. Carrie Prejean

[kandrathe]

Live free or die, man! Live and let live! Where'd those "fundamental American values" go? The ones you can't break even under the most extreme circumstances? What's the point in having principles if you don't stand for them?

"Live and let live" are not just empty words that mean you may do whatever you like. "Let Live" includes the notions that you need to respect what I might consider my life, my property, and "the pursuit of happiness" in a free society. Thus, society itself is an accommodation of the "self interest" to the communal good, whereas we can agree to a minimal set of ground rules which protect me, my property, and to as much as is possible my well being.

For example, are your various records at medical, dental, credit, employers, or the government, your property, or theirs? I would argue that you and that entity have an agreement to share information for the duration of your contract with them, whereby you have the right to protect your private information. Meaning, they cannot disclose it without your permission.