Belo - Saturdays - August 16, 2008  
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From: Matty (Mon Apr 15 18:28:41 2013)
Good discussion of a paiotlcilly difficult subject. Libertarians advocate letting people kill themselves if they choose self-destructive behavior. Good society advocates want government to help prevent such outcomes by criminalizing the use and trade of harmful recreational drugs. Politicians are caught in the middle as they try to satisfy the majority of voters, many of whom see it as a moral issue and not just a societal issue. Libertarian politicians are particularly caught in a dilemma. Reforming human nature is a fool's errand. We need to take human nature into account as we organize our society for maximum liberty and rules that minimize societal stress which is why the ten commandments are so popular and would have been invented as civilization advanced without Moses's claims that they came from his god.


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