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As an example on the alcohol thing: how many parents might let their kid have a sip of beer at the table? Or a glass of champagne at New Year's? Technically, they are breaking the law, but the idea that government should reach into a family's house and dictate their actions is completely abhorrent to me.

The idea that you're an FR member and are so divorced from reality that you think this would happen ("This is a raid! Put that beer down and step away from the child!") is completely mystifying to me.

Seriously, people who avor pot legalization can docuent police abuses of pot users...can you document a case where the police prosecuted a parent for giving a child a sip of beer or wine?

When I say remove age limits on alcohol, I don't mean Grandma doesn't get in trouble when she shares her Coors with little Billy. I mean little Billy can walk into the corner store, buy the Coors and drink it, or Mommy can buy Billy the Coors and he can drink it by the can. Do you believe that should be the state of the law, and do you believe the government is intruding on parental rights if that's not the state of the law?

The idea that you're an FR member and are so divorced from reality that you think this would happen ("This is a raid! Put that beer down and step away from the child!") is completely mystifying to me.

You know what's mystifying to me? It's the way some people read what they expect to see, rather than what is actually there. Raid? When the hell did someone talk about a raid?

This is what blows my mind about "conservatives" like you: it doesn't bother you, in the least, that simple things like giving your kid a sip of beer might be illegal, because you have so much trust in daddy government that you just know he would never actually make use of that law, right? Sweet Uncle Sugar would agree with you all of the time about which laws should be applied when. Uncle Sugar has never even considered using words like "zero tolerance", right? Uncle Sugar has so much common sense, and so much regard for the rights and dignity of his people, that he would never require old, crippled people to remove their shoes in an airport, or kick kids out of school for drawing pictures of guns in crayon. Right? So what would it hurt if Uncle Sugar made a few laws that regulate things you do in your own home? He would never abuse them. Just curious - have you ever heard of an agency called CPS?

I mean little Billy can walk into the corner store, buy the Coors and drink it, or Mommy can buy Billy the Coors and he can drink it by the can. Do you believe that should be the state of the law, and do you believe the government is intruding on parental rights if that's not the state of the law?

I already said yes. What else do you need to hear?