[JeffAtlanta]

The fewer inner moral restraints people have, the more laws they need. The more they will demand the state protect them from the vices of others. This is the fatal flaw in libertarian ideology.

Could you give some concrete examples?

[little jeremiah]

Laws mandating free methadone clinics. Laws limiting where methadone clinics can be located.

Laws mandating free needle giveaways. Laws limiting where free needle giveaways can occur.

Laws decriminalizing all manner of sexual behavior previously held to be illegal. Then laws mandating that citizens be forced to pay for: AFDC, STD clinics, CPS services because of broken families and abused children, AIDS clinics, high schools with child care so the teenage unwed mothers can bring their children, and on and on and on.