Originally Posted by Locke9-05

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.