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Originally Posted by Grisu
I do not care what people do with their life. They can do whatever they chose to do with it. But it must stop at the point where others are being endangered. If there is blatant disregard for other humans this behavior deserves to get irradicated.
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Okay, let's follow this logic. You say, "Drug use should be outlawed because people on drugs drive cars and kill other people." Well, many more people drink and drive and kill other people than marijuana users do. In fact, many people use legal and prescription drugs and drive cars and kill other people. So, according to your logic, all of these things should be illegal as well. In fact, people don't do drugs, drive cars and kill people. So, it seems to me, that driving cars should be illegal.
People kill other people with guns and knives. People kill other people with rocks, sticks, bottles, even their hands. More people are killed every year from medical mistakes than are killed from guns. So, following your logic, guns, knives, rocks, sticks, bottles, hands and doctors should be illegal. In fact, let's just cut to the chase and outlaw human beings.
At least a few people are killed every year when they're hit by lighting while swinging their metal golf clubs around in the air during lighting storms. If anyone is nearby they are likely to be hurt as well. We should outlaw golf clubs.
People are killed in plane accidents every year, sometimes people on the ground are killed by these accidents. We should outlaw flying. Surprisingly, more people are killed by donkeys, in an average year, than die in plane accidents. We should outlaw donkeys.
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But what do you call a law that punishes someone that isn't responsible? I call that forcing them to be responsible or they get punished.... So we actually do act like their parents.
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No. Acting like your parents is saying, "Don't do that. You are forbidden from doing that. You are not responsible for you, I am responsible for you."
Punishing people for not being responsible is showing that there are consequences for not being responsible. You are not forcing them to be responsible, they choose whether or not to be responsible and suffer the consequences if they choose incorrectly. Of course, I can only speak for myself; I am an adult, I want to live my life, I want to make my own decisions, I don't want a few idiots precluding me from living my life in a responsible way.