Nanny State

Does n´t one apply´s the same principle between a mother and its child ?
It works does n´t it ? so why not the State if justified ? After all the purpose of the Law is to guide and not just to punish or control...if you don´t believe in that, even if just as an ideal which is hard to implement, then you simply don´t believe in the State at all...to my view, the reason why its hard to implement such an ideal its closely related with the lack of ability that people have in dealing with the inherent abstractness of a larger family form from which the State its the ruler and representative...it happens that we are not used to stablish strong bounds in very large community´s from an evolutionary point of view...and that much, I reckon is good justification for such a failure of Democracy and prolific corruption of our governmental instruments...

That's a good way to look at it. The problem arises when your jealous sister convinces mom to limit your freedom to suit her selfish ends. Especially if she's a good liar.

I hate seat belts, marijuana laws, the power of the IRS, and lack of oversight in the food industry.

I like highways, police protection and many other things government provides. I dont care for our military provideing protection to Iraq and Afganistan.

I like highways, police protection and many other things government provides. I dont care for our military provideing protection to Iraq and Afganistan.

I honestly don't spend a lot of time thinking about government paternalism. Marijuana is against the law, so I don't touch the stuff, but it wouldn't bother me if they legalised it. The point wayne made about vested interests acting as a domineering older sister and trying to "influence Nanny" is the only reason I would worry about this issue--that and all the tedious red tape.

AIDS, the situation in the atmosphere, the situation in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, overpopulation, species extinction; those are the issues I care about.