The Right to be Stupid

MOST AMERICANS believe that we should have the right to carry weapons, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, gamble, read pornography, sell drugs, and sell and consume cholestoral; most americans are moral libertarians.  Lincoln said it best:

                         "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason, in that it attempts to control
                           a man's appetites by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are
                           not crimes. Prohibition strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our
                           nation was founded."

Both liberals and conservatives find it easy to get off freedom's sacred trail. liberals love to pass laws prohibiting cigarette smoking in public places, most conservatives don't like cigarette laws but
support laws criminalizing marijuana.

we are all tempted to rid the world of whatever we personally consider to be undesirable by legislating against it, even when, as in most cases, common sense tells us otherwise, that legislation cannot make the world nearly as perfect as we would like..

Legislation, at best, can only limit freedom which needs limiting. At worst, it limits freedom needlessly, harmfully. If someone says to you that you have no right to be rude, you owe it to yourself, and to your country, to correct the mistaken belief.

Yes, we all have the inalienable right to be rude and obnoxious, and downright mean, though we all at times wish otherwise. But we would have even more regrets if we did not have such rights.

Bb

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