On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:52:25 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:54:22 -0400, WangoTango
wrote:

Lots of smart people have
had their lives ruined by crack and meth and heroin, and by gambling. One
reason laws exist is to protect people from harm.

Harm from OTHERS!!!!

Once again, when you try to protect me from myself, you are overriding
my Free Will. That's essentially the definition of evil.
...
You want to control people, and I do not.

I seek to control nobody, not even my kids or my employees. Politicians
and kings do that.

Classical double-think.

Thanks,
Rich