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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: skinowski who wrote (254845)6/18/2008 1:47:40 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (3) of 793807
 
Do we want to see people walk around with little apparatuses implanted in the "pleasure centers" of their brains, permanently high?

What right do WE have to stop people from doing as they please, as long as they don't harm others? And don't give me that old "they hurt society" argument.

I know this is an position that I can't win in our present day society. So I don't push it. It is interesting that Stossel has become so frustrated by the subject that he has gone to the total Libertarian position.

I operate off the Axiom that "A moral action is one that does not interfere with anyone else's property."

I reject the other Axiom, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," because it allows action by busybodies. That's the problem with the drug laws, etc. Most of us want to be "busybodies" about things that other people do. And assume the "there ought to be a law" position.
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