There are exceptions to everything. Pointing out one is not really proving much.
Again, slippery slope. People simply don’t think about every little encroachment until one day they live in a country where you get fined and/or jailed for filling in a ditch in your back yard. Or refusing to bake a cake.
This is Free Republic. How many people here actually want liberty along with the responsibilities, duties AND risks that come with it? I wonder at times when some discussions get heated.
“This is Free Republic. How many people here actually want liberty along with the responsibilities, duties AND risks that come with it?”
Well, many want liberty for themselves.
The rest of us are free to be just like them.
Not that many, I expect. For example, in the present case, we could say, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes," and walk away, otherwise unmoved. If the dogs had killed the children, we could say, "Have stupid parents, win stupid prizes," and walk away, otherwise unmoved.
As soon as you want to use some sort of social force to prevent the bad consequences of stupidity, you're stepping away from absolute liberty.