There seems to be many who can tell me what needs to be done in the most simplified way about all the problems we face as a society. And in the sterile setting of words and numbers, these "solutions" appear to be understandable, however, anything that makes a conclusion about humans has to have more to it than a plan that doesn't consider the fallacies humans represent. We are not all immune to our mistakes or our inabilities. We are, for lack of a better phrase, a species dependent upon trial and error as our way forward. So any process that doesn't allow for mistakes to be made and rectification also, is doomed to failure, like so many other great ideas that aren't based upon humanity and it's frailties. We are not automatons, we are a living breathing species in a constant state of evolution and therefore change. We also have a natural capacity for curiosity which leads us to acquiring knowledge and applying it so in unusual and often contradictory ways. Such is the nature of the human. There must always be more than just the logical configuring of cold facts when a formulaic policy that affects humans is devised toward an implementation. Certainly we humans need absolute boundaries in some areas of our lives. We have proven that if given absolute unrestricted access to the liberty of thought and action, we can abuse ourselves and others most egregiously. But boundaries are not policies of logic that define the how we should think and act within the boundary we are given to live within. They are just the edge to which we can preserve our liberties. As a society we need to know where we cannot go, but with that we should not be told where to go within the boundaries we must all accept.
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