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Originally Posted by Grisu
But then again in the Organ donor thread someone  laid into me about the self determination of ones person and body... This is a prime example when one should be forced to give up this right. |
I think you mean me. If so, I apologize if it seemed like I "laid into" you. That wasn't my intention.
The crack-smoking baby machine isn't doing anything wrong that requires the intrusiveness of the state. We set up the rules, she's just playing by them. We said, if you can't care for your children we'll care for them, no matter how many you have.
Now, I wouldn't have a problem with arresting this woman and putting her in jail for child endangerment, neglect, and/or abuse. That's what should have been done first. But I'm sure she's got a lawyer who successfully argued that she has a "disease" and needs treatment rather than incarceration. And the state said, "Oh! Well, you have a disease, it's not your fault. You need treatment. We'll pay for that." The problem is, rarely are fictitious diseases cured through real (and real expensive) treatment.
So, here she is. Getting drugged out and knocked up and we keep coming to her rescue. But that's not her fault. We set it up and now we have to live with the consequences.
We'll start paying for everyone's health care and they'll get fatter and smoke more and take more drugs and some day, years from now, you'll read an article about a judge forbidding a man from eating any more cheeseburgers, or a woman who has to stop smoking because both have chronic health problems that are costing the state too much money. The case will go to the SCOTUS and the court will rule that the state has a legitimate interest in forbidding dangerous activities because it has bought that right. Then you will not own your body, it will belong to the state. Just like a slave.