Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:

macphisto wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Rob wrote:Right, the sugar argument is ridiculous. You can moderate sugar, you can't moderate reckless behavior.

LOL who the fuck are you? The absolute audacity of you people!

Mind your own business. how fucking hard is that?

Impossible for those with a hard on for totalitarianism.

They think of themselves as the saviors of all mankind, so they can't do anything wrong even if they have to force people to make "good" decisions (as defined by them, naturally). It's pathological.

Just trying to reel in the chaos, man. So you can have nice things like the internet or art supplies.

spike wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

macphisto wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Rob wrote:Right, the sugar argument is ridiculous. You can moderate sugar, you can't moderate reckless behavior.

LOL who the fuck are you? The absolute audacity of you people!

Mind your own business. how fucking hard is that?

Impossible for those with a hard on for totalitarianism.

They think of themselves as the saviors of all mankind, so they can't do anything wrong even if they have to force people to make "good" decisions (as defined by them, naturally). It's pathological.

Just trying to reel in the chaos, man. So you can have nice things like the internet or art supplies.

Of course you are, dear.

Not everything is blank canvas for your idealistic doodlings!

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Not everything is blank canvas for your idealistic doodlings!

The world is my canvas!

My my my, me me me

spike wrote:My my my, me me me

Not like you though. You're selfless. "It's called being a good person!"

BurtReynolds wrote:

spike wrote:My my my, me me me

Not like you though. You're selfless. "It's called being a good person!"

Nah, but I do understand the basic need for representative leadership and majority rule to ensure a society functions. It’ll take a lot more than seatbelt laws for me to venture into the Alaskan wilderness.

spike wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

spike wrote:My my my, me me me

Not like you though. You're selfless. "It's called being a good person!"

Nah, but I do understand the basic need for representative leadership and majority rule to ensure a society functions. It’ll take a lot more than seatbelt laws for me to venture into the Alaskan wilderness.

I don't know how you got on this tangent about all laws being bad or good, but have fun arguing with anarchists.

You seem like the anarchist, here, dude.

I haven't even mentioned those idiotic laws about wearing a bicycle helmet yet!

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Not everything is blank canvas for your idealistic doodlings!

The world is my canvas!

My crotch is your canvas.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Not everything is blank canvas for your idealistic doodlings!

The world is my canvas!

My crotch is your canvas.

Your body is a wonderland.

macphisto wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Not everything is blank canvas for your idealistic doodlings!

The world is my canvas!

My crotch is your canvas.

Your body is a wonderland.

Let me catch my breath to breathe

Pour some out for the men made of straw that were viciously attacked in the preceding pages.

That was a bumpy ride. Next time I'll choose to buckle up.

I'm always down to argue about seatbelt laws with sanctimonious liberals. Please PM me if it comes up again. Doesn't matter what time or what thread. I will be there.

BurtReynolds wrote:I haven't even mentioned those idiotic laws about wearing a bicycle helmet yet!

https://bikesnobnyc.com/2020/07/30/bicy ... egislator/

BurtReynolds wrote: They think of themselves as the saviors of all mankind

This was rich, coming from a keyboard warrior like yourself.

Rob wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote: They think of themselves as the saviors of all mankind

This was rich, coming from a keyboard warrior like yourself.

You should be saved from yourself with mandatory seatbelt and helmet laws. Same for mandatory vaccinations (I am not sure where I am on this one, lean towards mandatory for some and elective for others).
How about student debt for degrees with little to no payback? Do we limit what people can study post secondary and scrap the whole idea of forgiving student loans?
I figure any government that generates revenue from the sale of drugs and alcohol has absolutely no moral or ethical authority to outlaw people from make laws that prevent people from making stupid decisions that ownly harm themselves.

There are no concrete answers, here. I simply take issue with this idea that it's always those pesky "liberals" infringing on your freedoms. There are conservatives in red states who are right now taking away abortion rights and dictating to schools what they can and can't teach. And hey, maybe some people agree with those ideas/laws, but it's not a principled argument if you only claim gov't overreach on the issues you personally care about.