This was an awesome response, well thought out and well written.



Your points about things like wearing a seatbelt in your own car are valid; however, something such as smoking in a restaurant or bar (while you may be considerate enough not to do so, other people aren't) affects me and my life - it puts my health at risk. Thus, it affects my freedom to choose a healthy lifestyle. Your freedom stops where mine begins, right?



As far as bicycle helmets and seatbelts... well, yeah, those are areas that didn't necessarily need to get meddled with but they were anyway.



Today's society kind of demands governmental babysitting, though. I don't know what it is, but I swear people are just getting dumber and dumber.



~jenny
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