[Know your rights]

the cost of irrational behavior on individuals, families and nations is incalculable.

So you'd let the government decide what behavior is irrational, and ban it? Sounds like a recipe for totalitarianism to me; the Soviets were known for declaring dissidents mentally ill, i.e. irrational, and institutionalizing them.

[muawiyah]

Hey, if you don't want the government to decide what irrational behavior might be, then what about me?

I'll figure it out for you, and if you qualify, chain you to my basement wall for whatever period of time is necessary to bring you around to a rational point of view.

Now, tell me about that government part. I always love to hear how the government would never permit me to do that!