The Left and Absolute Sexual Freedom

American Thinker ^ | 2-1-15 | Fay Voshell

[DiogenesLamp]

Lack of sleep directly impacts adults' ability to make rational decisions, as does drinking alcohol; is government therefore authorized to set adults' bedtimes and ban alcohol?

Lack of sleep is a recurring and unavoidable characteristic of human existence, and yes, operating a vehicle while enduring a sufficient lack of sleep is considered an irresponsible and illegal act.

Alcohol has been discussed with you ad infinitum. I'm not going to waste my time by once again pointing out to you the very wide distinctions between alcohol and narcotic drugs. Setting "adults' bedtimes" is a blatant strawman because you have no better arguments to offer.

Indeed, false equivalency is the essential bulk of what you put forth in the way of arguments.

You are helping evil. You are helping the forces of social destruction. You are working diligently to unleash this Pandora's box of evil on us. You are just like the homosexual activists trying to mainstream perversion. You are just doing it with drugs.

[ConservingFreedom]

There are certain decisions adults aren't entitled to make. Dosing themselves with narcotic drugs which directly impact their ability to make rational decisions is one of those decisions that no adult is entitled to make. You can only make rational decisions when you don't tamper with the "rational decision" part of your brain.

Lack of sleep directly impacts adults' ability to make rational decisions, as does drinking alcohol; is government therefore authorized to set adults' bedtimes and ban alcohol?

Lack of sleep is a recurring and unavoidable characteristic of human existence,

Much sleep loss is avoidable - by your argument, government is authorized to regulate that.

and yes, operating a vehicle while enduring a sufficient lack of sleep is considered an irresponsible and illegal act.

As should be the case for any mind-altering drug - but your argument went beyond operating vehicles.

Alcohol has been discussed with you ad infinitum. I'm not going to waste my time by once again pointing out to you the very wide distinctions between alcohol and narcotic drugs.

The argument you presented here doesn't support any such distinction - you Drug Warriors are always moving the goalposts from one failed argument to the next.

You might as well say Lobotomy patients are of "sound mind." No, they are not, and neither are drug addicts.

What about nonaddicted users?