(March 9, 2024 at 5:44 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(March 9, 2024 at 5:27 pm)Belacqua Wrote: But I don't see what I should "try again" about. We actually agree -- our institutions are correct to forbid those practices which our society deems unacceptable.
In other words, offer up an example that is not such an obvious reductio ad absurdum -- especially one, which I noted earlier, is not about a personal sex life but rather a crime of power and control.
It's not a reductio ad absurdum. It's just an obvious example.
Sex acts which include power and control are bad sex acts, but they are still sex acts. If they are a part of a personal sex life that doesn't change the fact that they are bad.
Many sex acts which involve power and control are illegal, and it is widely accepted in our society that the government can punish them.