You are making statements without any actual evidence. what evidence is there that seat belt laws for instance cause more harm then they fix?
Vic mark robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It can be argued, but the argument is more short-sighted than the > Libertarian one. Besides ignoring the constitution and basic > individual rights, you defend the process of using a "solution" > that is more problematic (and costly) than its problem. In other > words, when a solution causes more/worse harm (and cost) than the > problem, it becomes the problem. There's no doubt that many > things in this world result in direct harm to the user and > indirect harm to others. I might accidentally cut off my thumb > with a power saw. Then my family will suffer when I lose my job > as a carpenter because I can no longer hold a hammer. Shall we > legally prohibit circular saws? Or shall we legally mandate > chain-mail gloves for all construction workers? (Remember that > "legally" means enforcement with aggression and force: > non-consensual fines / jail). Of course not! It doesn't take a > genius to see the folly in trying to solve such minor problems > and prevent such assumed risks in a free society. Yes, drugs and > alcohol and cars can cause problems, but so can fire. Everyone > wants less harm. The intention of safety is respectable, but it > doesn't defend lousy methods that actually create MORE and WORSE > harm (and cost) - harm that is not only higher in quantity but > worse in quality; DIRECT harm. > > > > -Mark > > > > _____ > > > it can easily be argued that not having seat belt laws and anti > drug > laws creates a cost to society from the by products of people > hurting > themselves and others in the process, and that cost infriges on > the > rights of others. thus anti drug laws and seat belt laws and > restriction > on serving alcohol to drunks are justified simply in that the > rights of > others being violated and exposed to the costs and abuses from > the above. > > Vic > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/U6CDDD/izNLAA/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/
