On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:12:16 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

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!!!!

Yes. Like the people who manufacture crack and meth and heroin and
cigarettes and quack medicines and dangerous power tools.


Once again, when you try to protect me from myself, you are overriding
my Free Will. That's essentially the definition of evil.

Laws should protect you from being harmed by others. If you want to
make and consume your own meth, in your own house, it would be hard
for law enforcement to stop you. If you sell it in volume to others,
they often can and in my opinion should.

John