#24. To: GunLovingGirl (#6) It is the principle of the thing. If you allow government to tell you what you can or cannot do to yourself in one area, they will encroach into another. It is the nature of govt to expand, the nose under the tent principle.
Don't you get tired of the constant battle on so many political fronts? Of course you do. The reason, government must be constantly monitored, checked against basic principles, and guarded against their intrusion. You simply cannot allow them to tell you what you can or cannot do to yourself, or they will begin to take that "right" and stretch it to the point we are at now.
Tobacco, alcohol, salt, fatty foods, hydrogenated oil, coconut oil, pepper. All things that the govt has no business disallowing people to ingest, but they do. The only way to get them out of this intrusive mindset, is with the principle, "I OWN ME".
It is not my fault that society taxes others to pay for my bad choices. It is societies fault for intruding into that area that is my responsibility. It is my friends and relatives that can be emotionally hurt by my choices. So what?, government should not be in the business of protecting people from emotional hurt. If government uses "hurt" to family as a reason to control ME, what is the end game? Why cannot they disallow homosexuality, because it hurts family and friends? How about outlawing pre-marital sex? Pregnancy without insurance? Pregnancy outside of marriage? Too many children for government to handle? We must draw a line between govt and ourself, and the place to draw it is a principled on. I OWN ME, butt out and leave me alone.
jeremiad posted on 2012-02-17 19:39:46 ET Reply Trace
From the article: Ron Paul: Why Can’t We ‘Put Into Our Body Whatever We Want?’