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Originally Posted by rsather139
Yes, but I think we can all agree that drinking and driving is wrong. The same cannot be said of abortion. For you it may be black and white but for many of us it really is a grey issue.
Prostitution, make your arguments. I'd say if you had to have a license and you could be sure that no underage people were forced into it, why not?
My argument is that abortion is going to happen anyway, so should we lose just the fetus, or the many of the mothers as well?
I'd make the same argument about marijuana. People are going to do it, so do we want the government to regulate it? Or do we want to give production and distribution over to gangs?
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That's the kind of anarchical mindset that can lead to conflict within a society on a much larger level. You could use that "logic" for any crime committed.
people are always going to steal, so we should just let them steal...
people are always going to speed in motor vehicles, so why should the government keep regulating it?
people are always going to vandalize property, so why should the government take the time to intervene?
You could use that "logic" for virtually any scenario and it makes the same amount of sense for each--absolutely none. There must be a balance between the authority of the government and the rights of the people. The people give up the right they otherwise have in nature to do whatever they want without enforced consequences, they give up individualism (self-government/anarchy) and accept collectivism within a society in order so that their most important rights can be enforced by a central government authority. If the people keep questioning the government's authority and demanding these individual liberties which go against the fabric of society, then the government loses that necessary authority and becomes useless. And without a strong government--without that central authority, your "rights" are meaningless, because there's nothing and no one to enforce them. There's nothing there to prevent people from walking all over what you perceive to be your "rights" and vice versa.
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