Vic,
What would you call "good"? Libertarians are very clearly against seat-belt and helmet laws - and drug laws, and prostitution laws, and pornography laws, and gambling laws. Responses to these issues (consensual crimes - only risking harm to self) constitute a very large part of Libertarian principles (and responses). -Mark PS: Vic, you have just pissed me off! You should have known writing something like that could piss many LPers off, and that some could have tempers. Say one of them/us is so angry, we become criminally aggressive against an innocent. Guess what? You are now personally responsible for this aggression through your own "contributory negligence". _____ this is not so clear cut. here we have a law that says a bartender is not allowed to serve someone who is clearly smashed. the issue here is contributory negligence. while someone is personally responsible for becoming drunk, someone who continues to provide alcohol does have a degree of contributory guilt. the broader issue is does the state have the right to prevent you from harming yourself. overwhelmingly people vote yes on this issue and the LP looses the support of the average person on the street. I have not seen any good libertarian responses to these issues. Vic _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/X6CDDD/lzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
