[katze]

What about for health reasons? Perhaps you remember this is how AIDS was spread initially?

[Nick5]

And syphillis and gonorrhea are spread through heterosexual sex, as is herpes, so maybe we should outlaw that as well, for health reasons. Shouldn't the government trust citizens to care for their own health? Isn't that what conservatism is all about?

[Nick5]

I'm sorry, I have to keep going. For health reasons we should probably outlaw alcohol -- tried that once, why not try it again? -- and going out in the rain without an umbrella -- and CERTAINLY dangerous things like motorcycles and rock climbing -- but deaths and injuries from those activities, while high (and expensive to the public) don't TOUCH the damages and costs of driving automobiles so I guess it's time to take those private vehicles off the road. I mean, what's government for anyway, if not to protect us from ourselves?