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To: Dayuhan who wrote (50571)	8/10/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Good question. But they're not inconsistent at all. People have the right to make choices that contribute to their misery. That doesn't make them good choices. Nor do I have to spend my money supporting the industries that offer those choices. But government should not forbid them making those choices, except where those choices interfere with the basic rights of others. (Thus, drinking and driving laws are appropriate because no person has a right to endanger innocent people.) Alcohol is legal, and should be. People have the right to make it. And people have the right to buy it. But people also have the right to refuse to buy or use it, and to encourage other people to refuse to buy or use it. For me, the ideal is that all the alcohol companies go broke because nobody buys their products. That is the ultimate of accepting personal responsibility for one's life. If government got out of the business of legislating morality (which it does all the time) and legislating personal safety, then people might return to accepting personal responsibility for themselves and for society.