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Old 06-28-2011, 10:02 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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What is the purpose of laws that protect you from yourself?

What is that all about.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:09 PM
 
Location: Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, OH
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Control and revenue.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:10 PM
 
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How dare you. We all know you're not capable of taking care of your own survival. We're trying to help you. Go live in Somalia if you don't like it.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:14 PM
 
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What is the purpose of laws that protect you from yourself?

What is that all about.
You'd have to ask people that oppose legalizing marijuana, prostitution, pornography, and the sale of alcohol to 18 year olds.
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:33 PM
 
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What is the purpose of laws that protect you from yourself?

What is that all about.
Pre-canned Answer 1: Why the purpose of those laws to protect you from yourself, is to protect you from yourself. It's self evident. No circularity in reasoning there whatsoever. Oh, and those [other] various things you want to do are likely a sin, so... we won't be having that.

Pre-canned Answer 2: The Bible says that your life is in Gods hands. You don't get to make certain decisions about your life, he makes it for you, and when God says it is your time to go, then he will let you go. Oh and please don't ask me why people can go to medical doctors to seek treatment, even though that very act is interfering with it being "your time to go." We'll just sweep that one under the rug for now. Nothing to see here, move along.

Pre-canned Answer 3: You aren't allowed to eat what you want because I say so and I can get together a mob of savages big enough which can pretty well prevent you from doing that.



I hate you all, and I hope the world burns to the ground.

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Old 06-28-2011, 11:17 PM
 
Location: Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, OH
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How dare you. We all know you're not capable of taking care of your own survival. We're trying to help you. Go live in Somalia if you don't like it.
That seems to be the standard answer these days, doesn't it?
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Old 06-28-2011, 11:19 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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You'd have to ask people that oppose legalizing marijuana, prostitution, pornography, and the sale of alcohol to 18 year olds.
Shhhh....those weren't the laws he was expecting to talk about
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Old 06-28-2011, 11:45 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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You'd have to ask people that oppose legalizing marijuana, prostitution, pornography, and the sale of alcohol to 18 year olds.
Because it is bad for you. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad...

BAD!!

[really bad...]
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Old 06-28-2011, 11:51 PM
 
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What is the purpose of laws that protect you from yourself?

What is that all about.
I didn't realize that you supported legalizing drugs and prostitution, and lowering the drinking age to 18.

Cool

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Old 06-28-2011, 11:52 PM
 
Location: California
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I don't know. For that matter, what's with warning labels?
cough..cough ((lawsuits)) cough..
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