Sometimes I have a hard time understanding where the necessity for certain laws came from. People should have the right to do whatever they want, as long as it does not impede the the rights of anyone else to do the same. A hierarchy of rights should be Life, then Property, then Liberty to do anything that does not restrict the first two rights for anyone. However, there are so many laws out there just just don't seem to have any basis other than to just restrict people from something. Are there some things that should just be restricted because they are considered bad, though they do not impede the rights of other people? Like drugs, or stem cells, or verbal prejudices? I don't support these things, but I also don't see why they should be outlawed. And then again sometimes there are things that restrict freedom which are lawful, like RFIDs and certain age restrictions. I dunno, is this way off base? Or is there just too much pointless regulation?
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Sometimes I have a hard time understanding where the necessity for certain laws came from. People should have the right to do whatever they want, as long as it does not impede the the rights of anyone else to do the same. A hierarchy of rights should be Life, then Property, then Liberty to do anything that does not restrict the first two rights for anyone. However, there are so many laws out there just just don't seem to have any basis other than to just restrict people from something. Are there some things that should just be restricted because they are considered bad, though they do not impede the rights of other people? Like drugs, or stem cells, or verbal prejudices? I don't support these things, but I also don't see why they should be outlawed. And then again sometimes there are things that restrict freedom which are lawful, like RFIDs and certain age restrictions. I dunno, is this way off base? Or is there just too much pointless regulation?
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