the nerves to question my sanity!
let me try it again for you in abc.
the government is there to protect us, sometimes from others and sometimes from ourselves! (if they're doing a good job at it is a different story)
I do not want the government to "protect me from myself". That is solely my responsibility.
por ejemplo; smoking, one is should be able to fck up their body, health, lungs and whatever but it's still the governments job to protect you from yourself and from others. therefore they
regulate smoking and forbid smokers to smoke inside with non-smokers.
The reason for regulation here is when a smoker does his smoking in the presence of another person. Second hand smoke kills. The smoker should be allowed to harm himself and not others. I do not believe, as I mentioned before, that it is the governments responsibility to protect me from myself. The government should protect me from others that can cause me harm. You notice that I am for leglization, REGULATION, taxation... etc of currently illegal substances.
por ejemplo; heroin,
Heroin Addiction - Symptoms, Signs and Side Effects of Heroin Abuse & Addiction - Timberline Knolls, next thing you will be open a topic why the government doesn't do something about these druggies who are hanging around in your neighbourhood, around your daughters and whatever you can come up with! if i really have to explain what drugs does to someone, if i really have to explain how it would infuence people around users then you win and i'm just a nutjob.
talking bout respect the free choice of people to do whatever they want with their own body..
i'll see you in an other topic where yet an other drunk driver kills ...
but atleast the drunk drives was celebrating his rights to do whatever he wanted to do with his body! :bunny: