I wonder how many people on the left are going to tell us that we are still practically paleolithic compared to Canada in light of this:
In a ruling handed down this morning, Canada's Supreme Court has declared it is legal for clubs to provide opportunities for group sex. As long as consent is given, the area is somewhat private, and no payment is directly involved, partner exchanging or "swinging" and group participation in sexual acts is not considered illegal."The decision is certainly in line with the tendency of this court to throw out any restrictions to behavior," said Gwen Landolt, vice president of Real Women of Canada. "The courts are gradually reducing public concern about morality and behavior that is offensive. Judges don't have legitimacy.""There is a real trend to break down moral principles in Canadian society. Those principles have been built based on human experience about what is in the best interest of society."
With sex clubs now protected by Canada's supreme court, the potential social repercussions are staggering. The age of sexual consent in Canada is 14. Canadian teenagers can now legally participate in group sex offered by clubs (so long as alcohol is not sold on the premises).
Isn't that just grand? Now they can practice all of the things that they have been taught about how to have safe sex in a warm, welcoming environment where they will have plenty of assistance and mentors available to them. Isn't Canada such a progressive country? This is such an ingenious way for them to bolster their welfare state by encouraging a sharp increase in their birth rate, so now all they have to do is get rid of abortion and they can successfully ensure that it will last another generation, unlike those European countries with their 1.17-1.90 birth rates.
It's a reaction to politicians trying to make everything illegal. Reasonable laws will be observed. We don't want to be the enemy of personal freedom, like the USA.
I guess it depends on how you define personal freedom, then. Despite what you may see in the papers, the American south is actually very libertarian. My old rural town in Western Virginia (not West Virginia!) had a porno and sex toy shop legally operating at regular hours across the street from the county courthouse!
Truth is, at least in the American South, you can get away with a lot of things most of the time. Being gay, screwing teenage girls, getting wasted, carrying lots of firepower, buying all sorts of porn, fireworks that could almost double as ordnance, you get the idea. The South is where I have lived all of my life, and it's still old-style American enough that it makes me able to love at least part of my country...