Originally Posted by
kgriffioen
Government simply needs to stay out of that decision making process and I don't give a rip what the study says.
When the gov't steps entirely out of the decision making process, and instead says "just do what feels right to you," the problem is that people have different ideas about what's appropriate. Obviously, someone like Ken Lay shouldn't be left to make their own decisions about anything important. And it's pretty hard to write laws for tens of millions of people that should only apply to the stupid ones; laws are blanket by their nature.
Some people like to think "Big Brother shouldn't be able to
force me to wear a seat belt; it's the highway patrol's
job to scrape my remains off the pavement." And probably a lot more people feel differently about the role of laws and government and individual decision making, which is why "there should be a law" is such a popular phrase.