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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
Yes, smoking is bad for you...
So is eating fatty foods... what if all fried foods were banned?
How about drinking alcohol - some people get addicted... what if that was made illegal?
Reading certain books or listening to certain music might be bad for you, according to some groups... what if those were made illegal?
Speeding can cause fatal accidents - what if your car was designed to not go any faster than 25MPH?
Yes, you can get skin cancer from sun exposure so what if tanning in general was made illegal?
Too much caffeine is bad for you - so what if your coffee was made illegal?
The point of this is: What if your choices were taken away from you because someone else (i.e. government) felt you couldn't be trusted to make decisions for yourself?
Like I said... If the matter of the cigarette butts being dropped is the issue, then set a fine for littering. However, if this is done on the premise "it's bad for you!" then it's revolting logic that crosses the line into allowing government to make our moral decisions for us.
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I think that was very well said AW! It is unfortunate that there are always some who overdo everything so unfortunately laws need to be made for them and they are usually the ones who don't follow them anyway. Laws only end up hurting us, the law abiding citizens. It is a no win situation.