Thomas Jefferson wrote and fought for legislation that would abolish slavery in this country. While he was doing this, he owned many slaves. Is this hypocritical? Today's post is meant to create a consistent platform before we discuss a more current, relevant issue tomorrow.

How do we develop social/political viewpoints? Do we just defend the things we want to be able to do? For example: Argument from person who smokes. "Stop taxing my cigarettes. That's a government intrusion." Argument from same person who doesn't like that SUVs block their view on the road. "Get those SUVs off the road. They're dangerous and bad for the environment." Instead, shouldn't we develop a consistent reasoning platform, and then base our decisions off that platform - rather than just, "I don't like cigarette smoke, so let's ban it."