To answer your question succinctly, no, I am not in favor of criminalizing alcohol.
Let me try to explain my full position better.
As a matter of principle, I do not think that the government has the right to tell anyone what to do with their lives.
If a person wants to drink liquor, take drugs, smoke marijuana, grow marijuana, buy marijuana, sell marijuana, marry someone of the same sex, commit suicide, pay for assisted suicide, buy a gun, buy a prostitute, become a prostitute, or stick light bulbs up his ass, he/she has a natural right to do so. It is none of the government's business if people engage in those actions.
The problem I have is that the government robs me of my freedom of choice to avoid engaging in commerce and business relationships exclusively with people of my choosing. For example, if I want to loan money or sell property to only heterosexual White conservatives who don't take drugs, the government prevents me from doing so. It forces me to interact with people whom have characteristics and behaviors that I personally dislike and find offensive.
Plus, the government forces me to financially enable the lives and problems of people with characteristics and behaviors that I personally dislike.
If the United States were truly a free society, complete freedom of association and freedom to conduct business based on personal standards would be the law.
Shouldn't like-minded people have the right to associate only with themselves and build communities based on their personal standards, to the same extent that you believe people should have the right to smoke marijuana? |
