-Caveat Lector-
Jeremy Brown:
You say that I'm afraid of freedom, however you have produced nothing
to support that claim.
MJ:
Criminalizing driving while drunk infringes upon one's freedom to do
such. While it may not be SMART to participate in such an action, if
*I* were to become 'shit-faced' and drive home without incident and
keeping it between the lines ... HOW have *I* infringed upon *YOUR*
property (life and its corolaries)?
Again, why are you afraid of freedom?
Jeremy Brown:
What I am afraid of is that more people, like my friend, will die because
we all sit by plucking daisies and turning our heads to something we
can work together to prevent.
MJ:
'Drunk driving' has been criminalized for many years. Has it prevented
people from their own stupidity? What of those people who lack the
ability to have a license (or their abilities have deteriorated) -- why do
we not FINE them or criminalize THEIR actions? What of those exhausted
persons who exhibit LIKE characteristics of SOME intoxicated drivers?
Jeremy Brown:
Also, you have said that a potential is not a crime. You're right,
but..(this
may shock you)...DRUNK DRIVING IS!!!! It's illegal!
MJ:
So are many items which should NOT. Drunk driving like many 'crimes'
serve to raise revenue for the State.
What is your point.
Jeremy Brown:
You can't even have an open container in the car with you. That's the
issue. And, again, I'll try and explain it to you in simple terms. I agree
that if what you do does not harm anyone but yourself, by all means
do it until you drop dead. That was not what I am saying. I'm saying
that when your actions have negative impacts on those around you
it becomes a problem.
MJ:
ALL of your actions could be construed to impact those around you.
Should we do as Frosty and all live in his Authoritarian padded world
where we might be able to breathe without instruction from another?
Jeremy Brown:
So please, everybody...stop thinking that I'm challenging freedom. I'm
not!
MJ:
But you most certainly ARE. *You* believe drunk driving is wrong ... so
you seek the Government's legalized use of FORCE to penalize others
who seek the Freedom to decide for themselves.
Jeremy Brown:
I'm only saying that there have been far to many good people cut
down by drunk drivers. Something needs to be done.
MJ:
Why not simply EXECUTE those persons who 'kill' other persons?
Jeremy Brown:
And, MJ, for you to even use the term "discrimination" in the same
sentence as drunk driving is downright offensive.
MJ:
The FACT that Joe would be fined for 'blowing a 1.0 BAL' if stopped
in a road block where Stan would be allowed to go through (even though
he had not slept in 72 hours) is discriminatory. This is based upon
arbitrary whim and NOT on ability or lack therof.
That you refuse to see this reality is another matter.
Regard$,
--MJ
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are
willing to give it to others. -- William Allen White October 24, 1940
We see that as soon as we surrender the principle that the state should
not interfere in any question touching on the individual's mode of life,
we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest
detail. The personal freedom of the individual is abrogated. He becomes
a slave of the community, bound to obey the dictates of the majority.
It is hardly necessary to expatiate on the ways in which such power
could be abused by malevolent persons in authority. The wielding of
powers of this kind even by men imbued with the best of intentions must
needs reduce the world to a graveyard of the spirit.
-- Ludwig von Mises, "Liberalism: The Classical Tradition"
(The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1995), p.54
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