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If the government cared about your health, cigarettes and liquor would be off the shelf, amirite?
by Anonymous12 years ago
The government has no right to say what your can and can't consume. It's up to every individual to decide for themselves.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Oh yeah? They say we can't have drugs...
by Anonymous13 years ago
Only because the people allow them to. I recall there was a vote on legalizing marijuana just a few months ago in California. The only reason it didn't pass was because the majority of people voted no. Either way, I was speaking philosophically. Those kind of matters should always be completely up to the people. The only thing the government has to do is enforce what the citizens say.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Of course you were speaking philosophically :P
by Anonymous12 years ago
That's why school lunches aren't regulated and kids aren't taught to follow the food pyramid in school, even though what they tell us to eat isn't all that healthy.
by Anonymous12 years ago
If we banned cigarrettes and alcohol it would become illegal, and people who are addicted to would become 10 times worse, because they would be breaking the law for something that they crave.
by Anonymous12 years ago
1. the cigarette business is too profitable for the government to outlaw, at least not all in one go (although its getting harder and harder).
2. alcohol is regular amounts is perfectly safe and actually improves health in some doses.
3. It is not really the governments job to force us to do things, even if it would improve our lives, until it reaches the point of endangering other, unwilling, peoples lives.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Who said the government cared about our health?
It's no big secret they only care about money.
by Anonymous12 years ago
They also care about their lives.
by Anonymous12 years ago
if you dont like them. Dont do them, its that simple.
by Anonymous12 years ago
That's not a good argument. I can get hurt by second hand smoke, even if I'm not the one doing the smoking.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Oh that makes sense! So, let's legalize murder! If you dont like murder, don't do it, right?
by Anonymous12 years ago
now you're just being irrational. Stay logical now.
by Anonymous12 years ago
It's what you said...
by Anonymous12 years ago
but really, murder? That's irrational.
by Anonymous12 years ago
If you don't like it... Don't do it...
by Anonymous12 years ago
Murder is a direct assault on another person's life. There's a lot less culpability in making personal choices like smoking and/or drinking.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Assuming you're speaking of the US--
That's not the government's job. If any one of our founding fathers read this, he'd roll in his grave. The job of the government is to protect the rights of the people and NOTHING else. Public drunkenness and smoking in many public places is already illegal. Anything more would be infringing on rights rather than protecting them. I demand the right to make choices--which you may or may not deem poor--on my own behalf.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Uhhh have you ever heard of Prohibition in 20's????? Yeahh.......
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