Anything I find myself morally justified in forcing my neighbour to do, or not do, could be written into law. Any act that I would not force, at gunpoint, or with the threat of imminent incarceration, another person to do, or refrain from, should never receive my approval to be done by any government or police force.
How can I give my consent for one group to use the threat of force when I, myself, would not use it?
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I spent hours and hours pondering this, the first time, when (believe it or not!) an initiative for fluoridated water was on the ballot for SL county. Law? We have to, by force of law, make sure that our neighbors get their fluoride? Most people might deem it harmless. But it hit me way back then how many of our freedoms we willingly trade because we want to force other people to do what's "good for them".
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