I'm in Canada, sausageseller, so I'm in even worse off in that respect. Hate crime laws, HUGE taxes, etc. I have a beer at a BBQ now and then, and sometimes wine with dinner. I am not going to stop drinking in moderation because there is a wino on the street who can't control himself. Would you?
If you revise freedom based on what some moron is willing to do or say, then you are creating a society custom tailored to the lowest common denominator: a seemingly benevolent tyrannical society built around the stupidest, most immoral, most perverse, most irrational, most illogical, most shortsighted, most sensitive member.
I am in college, right now, so I may very well be tending towards more idealist extremes than pragmatic. Nor do I think the situation on college campuses and town halls is anywhere close to good. That is a culture war we're losing. We should be educating people to do things in moderation and within reason, not banning them from doing so. I hope someone else agrees with me or I will be very scared for the future of American freedoms and rights.
Yes I have! I will not help the alcohol companies profit off of others misery. All the problems associated with alcohol should be thrown on those that profit from it. The drunks should be put at alcohol companies execs doorsteps. Let them deal with the vomit and piss! Let their wives and children be killed by the drunk drivers. Let them not only have the profit let them have the problems too!
The abuse of Freedoms is what some morons are willing to justify!
The libertarian social ideas will lead to a society "built around the stupidest, most immoral, most perverse, most irrational, most illogical, most shortsighted, most sensitive member. "
That is a culture war we're losing.
And the idea that total freedom will somehow lead to winning a culture war is not possible.
. We should be educating people to do things in moderation and within reason, not banning them from doing so
Who is to say what is moderate ?
Just how much LSD is moderate?
How much crank or crack is moderate?
The way to save "America freedoms and rights" is to know that there has to be a balance , a medium ,if you will. Having no drug laws will not help my nation. Having no "speech limiting" laws will not help my nation. Reasonable laws with reasonable application will.
BTW I use to go fishing near Kanora every year. I miss it!