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Originally Posted by eq_addict_08
Ok, what I was triing to show here, is that "if" laws were truly based on protection of the individual from him/herself, fast food, soda, booze, ect would have laws against them as well.
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I know what you are trying to say. What I am telling you is that your reasoning is fallacious. In a sack I have five socks, all of which are red. You say that I also have 2 blue balls (haha) in the sack, therefore there is a sock that is not red.
I am not saying laws are or are not based on individual protection. The majority may very well be based on group protection (ie: of society).
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Originally Posted by eq_addict_08
So, since we do allow people to damage themselves, we just pick an choose the ways they can?
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This is a question of society. Do you think that drug use, gambling, prostitution, etc. does not have an effect on a community? Do you believe that what one person does in a community does not affect another? We do not live in a vacuum. I have seen what many of these things lead to in my own family, and I am sure that is part of the reason I am against them.