Posted on 02/06/2013 3:30:05 AM PST by Kaslin
Ban Islam
problems solved.
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In Maryland you cannot drink beer until you are 21,but you can play the Lotto at 18.
And of course poker among friends is illegal .
I don’t go for steroids to enhance athletic ability because of the long term damage it may do to a person.
I give Schwarzeneggar as an example, his mind was so bent he married a Kennedy.
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Just begs to be photoshopped!
If you were an elementary school child... you’d be suspended, Joe. LOL!
Alex is just as perplexed as his mom. “I was trying to save people and I just can’t believe I got dispended,”
My 19 year old summed it up perfectly. “Dad, why can I go halfway around the world and die for my country, but I cannot sit in the living room with you and have a beer?”
Because of insurance companies.
Look at most of the regulations and you will find insurance companies benefitting.
Bingo for $$ is illegal in retirement communities in SC ..also 50/50.
Good observation, and it demonstrates, again, that the point is not safety, protection, or avoiding harm: the point is power. Politicians get the charge of feeling good about themselves for "helping," the enjoyment of the power to give or take away, and of course, the money they're paid to allow the special favors.
Following Stossel’s logic about the use of steroids for enhancing athletic performance, why shouldn’t athletes be allowed to use mechanical devices in a similar fashion? If some brainiac comes up with a way to make a bionic human whose limbs could hit a baseball 1000 feet (if the ball was not demolished by such force) or throw a ball 150 mph (if any catcher could catch a ball thrown that fast), why should it not be allowed? What if someone comes up with a drug that makes muscles perform better than even steroids? A drug that would make an average athlete superior to the best athletes now? What are the limits? Stossel says there shouldn’t be any. I tend to disagree.
Government has done a thorough job of usurping the function of the criminal and is becoming a greater and greater threat to the safety and welfare of the citizens having long ago surpassed any traditional criminal class in robbing, killing and marauding. The smartest criminals always gravitate to government so that they can commit crimes while pretending to work against crime.
Stossel says no such thing. You really ought to READ the article before posting.
Stossel has no issue whatsoever with limits and regulations - as long as it's the league or other self-regulating sports body making the regulations. People can make their own rules, and anyone wanting to participate will be obliged to follow them.
But the government does not need to insert itself into private conduct.
The greatest test that every politician faces is to stand up to the chorus of "we have to DO something". Most times, that's just a load of crap. What I love is a "do-nothing" Congress. Let's have more of those.
When I turned 18 I could legally buy and consume beer in South Carolina but I could NOT vote until I reached 21. Today the situation is reversed. Personally I think 18 year old citizens can more safely be trusted with a beer than with a vote.
I did read the article. Among the points Stossel tries to make is whether taking steroids is any different than getting eye surgery. I was following that line of argument. My points had nothing to do with government infringing on private rights.
Your words, not mine. "Stossel says there shouldn't be any." Your words - and false ones. That was my point.
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