Yeah, the United States government pretty much owns your body.
They tell you what you can and can't do with it. They say it's mandatory to wear your seatbelt in the car, but shouldn't it be your choice? By choosing not to wear your seatbelt, you're not hurting anyone else. The only person you're endangering is yourself. Same goes for drugs. If you want to put chemicals in your body, that should be up to you. As long as you aren't endangering the safety of others around you, what you do to your body should be your decision.
Eh, I don't really know what to write about right now. I apologize.
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ReplyDeleteSo true. Isn't it suppose to be the other way around? I wish it was.
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I always thought it's sad that it's a law to wear your seatbelt. People should naturally want to be as safe as possible, but instead it's a law in order to protect you.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a problem with the government putting in safety mandates, as I believe that the government is meant to protect the public.
ReplyDeleteBut that's just me. And I have no problems with seatbelts.
Clearly, the only answer is to revolt! ... by which I mean docilely accept everything the government tells us
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Big Brother has a lot of eyes and ears...
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But incidentally, cars didn't get any safer after the advent of seat belts. People figured cars were safer, so they started driving faster and more recklessly. Or so I once read one time on a web site that I can't remember which probably didn't cite any sources
US Government doesnt own me! I don't live in the US, but yeah there are laws in Australia saying to wear seatbelts and not to take drugs. I wear a seatbelt because it's common sense. I choose to take drugs because I enjoy them, therefor my government doesnt own me because I do what I want. It is our responsibility to disobey laws which we deem unjust.
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I see your point, but requring seatbelt use doesn't really seem like a huge loss of freedom to me, especially since the punishment is only a ticket.
ReplyDeleteDrugs, though... aside from the slightly true fact that drugs may cause people to harm other people, cigarettes and alcohol, both obviously legal, do far more harm to non-users than any other drug probably could.
Do you think regulation of drugs would be bad, if legal? Take pseudoephedrine-- it's super-regulated now because punk teenagers would buy it and skip school to crack out in a dumpster or some shit. Can you really blame the government for not wanting Walmart to hand this type of shit out?
Although I agree with you, there is no real perfect solution...
I agree with Last Remaining Light. I don't think there is a perfect solution. I think there will eventually be one though.
ReplyDeleteWell, from centuries of experience, a government generally knows what is good and bad, and more or less suggest what you should and shouldn't do. For example, not wearing a seatbelt, who gets pulled over for that? Who gets arrested for smoking weed? You get arrested for possessing weed, which is in attempt to stop the drug trade (which fails).
ReplyDeleteIdk, I've heard a ton of libertarians that have this thought process, and although it is correct, it's just a huge unrealistic stretch.
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ReplyDeleteWearing seatbelts just makes it easier for the emergency services to clear up after an RTA
ReplyDeleteWell, if drugs were legal, then it would be easy for children to get them, from older friends or siblings. Which would stunt their physical and mental growth. That's the only valid reason I can see for prohibiting that.
ReplyDeleteBut parents should take care of their children so they don't do that, anyway.
I suppose neither of these really make sense, but everyone is afraid of bucking tradition, so nothing ever changes. At least not within a matter of a few years.
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As much as I hate saying this, governments have to sometimes protect their people from themselves. Although I'm sure a lot of people would do the right thing and be safe, there are a lot more idiots out there who could do some real harm.
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True, and we're born, forced to go to school then work while paying them for the rest of our lives. This will only last a few more centuries I believe.
ReplyDeleteI believed your country to be a country of freedom.
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ReplyDeletefollowed for your views on government. Its rare for people to speak their minds because its easy to give in to political correctness and say what the rest of the herd says.
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I agree that sometimes the government is too overbearing and can seem to ban things unfairly and illegalize things, but I can also see that illegalizing drugs is for the benefit of everyone not taking them. I mean, you did say that people should be allowed to take them as long as they don't hurt anyone in doing so, but how can you know for sure that you won't go hurting someone? Nice thoughts, following.
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